RollaCosta
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What I mean is not “add another bike” but “get rid of C650 and use this instead”
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When you think of upgrading from a C650, what bikes you consider?
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Ceesie76
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I voted 1300 GS because I need my bike for my long commute (200 km each way = 400 km once a week) so I want POWER and comfort.
PaulyB
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if I had the option.. at my age and bad knees...The Yamaha 750 TMax.
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RollaCosta
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You mean MT-Max 700 (CP2 engine) surely 
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RollaCosta
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PaulyB
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interesting!! I still enjoy the traditional transmission. the down shifting, engine braking.
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RollaCosta
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I have enjoyed a ton if engine braking on both Kymco Downtown 300i and T-max IronMax 530 for years, C650 is weaker in this regard unless you get a clutch that stays connected for longer, like Dr.Pulley’s. Even the stock clutch has a too large neutral spot around idle RPMs so yes it need improvement or BMW better make it wet when they respond to Chinese innovations eating up market.
I say “quickshifter is a stylus, CVT is the iPhone”.
I say “quickshifter is a stylus, CVT is the iPhone”.
PaulyB
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Well, being here in the US there is only 1 maxi scooter available. That is the Kymco AK550, or used maxi's.. Depressing.
wspollack
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Well, I'd include the 530cc, properly-leaning, MP3 as a maxi that's available in the USA:
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I rode a rental MP3 (with a much smaller engine) for a day on vacation, with my wife riding pillion, back in 2008. I just wanted to check them out, as they had been recently introduced here.
And in 2019, I rode a Yamaha Niken for five days on an Alps tour, just to check that out (gobs of power, but too tall and too top-heavy for me).
I consider those three-wheelers the same as scooter, bikes, what have you.
And I certainly agree with you regarding the depressing nature of what's available -- or not -- over here. I did a demo ride of a T-Max at Americade, oh, maybe a dozen years ago, and liked it. When Yamaha stopped importing those, for four or five years in a row I sent paper, postal, mail to Yammy NA, asking them to sell the T-Max here. They ignored me, and I stopped writing a couple of years ago.
PaulyB
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we are heading back to Italy in 3 weeks. Lake Garda area. I have already contacted a Yamaha dealer/ rental store outside of Verona to ride a couple different units.
The MP3? yes, a maxi scooter, but I don't recognize them as they are not a 2 wheeler.
Problem with the US is no one appreciates the scooter based world. so, when this dies, hopefully someone imports a 550-750 cc that i will buy.
The MP3? yes, a maxi scooter, but I don't recognize them as they are not a 2 wheeler.
Problem with the US is no one appreciates the scooter based world. so, when this dies, hopefully someone imports a 550-750 cc that i will buy.
wspollack
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Hey, have fun!
I rode around there myself -- on a C 400 X(!) -- two years ago. If you're curious and have some time to kill, here's my gallery of highlight-reel videos and a few hundred still photos:
Edelweiss Ultimate Alps Tour, July 2023
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wspollack
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Being in the USA: a C 400 GT.
And regarding your question -- “get rid of C650 and use this instead” -- that's almost exactly what I did. That is, my sole bike at the time that I purchased my first C 400 GT was an ancient Burgman 650 Exec (which I then sold a few months later).
PaulyB
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Watched a few, stunning beautiful!!!!!!Hey, have fun!
I rode around there myself -- on a C 400 X(!) -- two years ago. If you're curious and have some time to kill, here's my gallery of highlight-reel videos and a few hundred still photos:
Edelweiss Ultimate Alps Tour, July 2023
billanddot.com
wspollack
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Thanks for the kind words.
I had recorded each of the nine days in toto, and then spent many evenings over the next couple of months extracting highlight-reel videos. I think a group of my favorites are on Day 3, the up and down runs of Susten and Furka passes.
For the short version -- kind of like looking at album covers, without actually playing LPs -- is just to right-arrow your way through the video (large) thumbnails, to see the "cover art" I selected, without actually clicking/looking at the videos.
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RollaCosta
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I got an Aprilia SRV 850 for a second bike. Nice power but it needs some work to make it great for me. Suspension is better than R1300GS i swear (for bad tarmac).
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