Agreed.

Hard our snowstorm here a week ago and if it wasn't for me being out of town on business for most of it I don't know what I would have dont going over a full week without it!

Yeah

I hear ya....I just could not take it anymore. Had to send a pic to my friend who got a call from someone telling him my bike was at the office here in Indiana this afternoon. BTW the 1100 RT owned by the other half is a nice bike. Rode it for a coupleof weeks just to get a feel. Not exciting, does everything it is supposed to do and keeps her happy......and close up in the rear view. Kind of vanilla but very proficient.



Of course, he had to tell me he is sitting in LA working on a Honda of a America supercomputer contemplating renting a bike for a couple of days before he has to return to the Midwest.

You're either a twin cylinder person or you are not. Personally, I like a nice twin, and the boxer is my favorite twin of them all.

I did some 1,000 mile days on my RT at 90-100 sustained, and that engine was sublime. It's not a rocket, and true it has a quirky exhaust note, but it is a great engine. Yes, my K1300 and K1600 were smoother, but to me the RT was good at mixing some nostalgic charm with AMAZING levels of technology, convenience, and capability. Great bike, and it's no wonder they receive such high praise.   

You're either a twin cylinder person or you are not. Personally, I like a nice twin, and the boxer is my favorite twin of them all.

I did some 1,000 mile days on my RT at 90-100 sustained, and that engine was sublime. It's not a rocket, and true it has a quirky exhaust note, but it is a great engine. Yes, my K1300 and K1600 were smoother, but to me the RT was good at mixing some nostalgic charm with AMAZING levels of technology, convenience, and capability. Great bike, and it's no wonder they receive such high praise.

That must be the problem....  I'm not a twin cylinder person...  Reving up the Boxer and the bike moves side to side...  I guess the smoothness of my inline 4 along with the fast reving characteristics and HP has me spoiled.

I'm not either.  I rode an 1150 while I had my C10 and couldn't wait to get off of it and back on the Connie.

I've got two airheads in the garage I can't seem to part with. They harken back to a simpler time. The Connie is a natural progression in the sport touring order of things.

My local dealer has a loaner bike.
It's a 22 year old Kawasaki GT550 with over 100k miles on the clock similar to (but a lot rougher looking than) this;


You have no idea how it feels to get off the 1400 and get on one of these.
No power, terrible handling, awful suspension, scary brakes, etc.

When you pickup your bike after the service you are SOOOooooo grateful to have it back! <LOL>

My local dealer has a loaner bike.
It's a 22 year old Kawasaki GT550 with over 100k miles on the clock similar to (but a lot rougher looking than) this;


You have no idea how it feels to get off the 1400 and get on one of these.
No power, terrible handling, awful suspension, scary brakes, etc.

When you pickup your bike after the service you are SOOOooooo grateful to have it back! <LOL>

Wow, that was my exact experience riding a friend's BMW K75 of the same vintage.  Horrid ride compared to my (then) RT and a C14.  I'm glad I rode it just so I could appreciate my own bike more.

My local dealer has a loaner bike.
It's a 22 year old Kawasaki GT550 with over 100k miles on the clock similar to (but a lot rougher looking than) this;


You have no idea how it feels to get off the 1400 and get on one of these.
No power, terrible handling, awful suspension, scary brakes, etc.

When you pickup your bike after the service you are SOOOooooo grateful to have it back! <LOL>

I've been waiting for mine to get out of the shop for almost 2 months now only riding this instead:


I can't WAIT to get my Connie back!!

the cost of platic when you drop it! (i mean if you were too)

the cost of platic when you drop it! (i mean if you were too)

That is true!!!

I'm so happy I got my Connie back today from the dealer!!!  Goodbye and goodridden to that R1200RT...  The boxer motor is for someone just not me.

Luck ME!  We don't have the snow!  I ride every day.  Temps in the 50s, it ain't perfect, but it's ridin'.  I'm thinking of riding to Chicago for the MC show this weekend!

Luck ME!  We don't have the snow!  I ride every day.  Temps in the 50s, it ain't perfect, but it's ridin'.  I'm thinking of riding to Chicago for the MC show this weekend!

You had better check out the forecast first man! The temps are gonna drop like a rock on Friday and we're gonna get a bit of snow.

Luck ME!  We don't have the snow!  I ride every day.  Temps in the 50s, it ain't perfect, but it's ridin'.  I'm thinking of riding to Chicago for the MC show this weekend!

Snow?  What is that?  Living in Phoenix AZ we don't see snow unless we are watching the news showing the storms that are hitting the east coast   Ride my bike year around and put 28k miles on her the first year I owned it, my car started getting jealous

Humm worst part of owning it,,, cost of plastic parts if you were to drop it in the parking lot of Walmart!!!!!!

Worse thing about owning my Connie is the confusion.  All my life I've been told "nothing's perfect".

And yet KiPass is perfect 

Strange phenomenon indeed