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    Here come the Chinese

    There must be more to this story. Air Force and GI Bill - that's GOOD. I also don't think of helicopter moms as having military children.
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    Here come the Chinese

    Lots of great points that I agree with. 1. The US should have dealt with the disregard for IP a long time ago. Tariffs probably. The fact that we didn't is why I said in an earlier post that our long-term purchasing decisions were made for us long ago. Manufacturing will always gravitate...
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    KTM in trouble

    My nephew who is a freshman at college texts me last night to ask my opinion on a Honda Ruckus he found for sale. Here's the abbreviated conversation: Me: Why do you want a Ruckus? Him: I'm going to be living off-campus next year, and me and my roommates are all buying them so we can...
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    KTM in trouble

    I agree. I own two KTMs, and one of them has the "camshaft failure prone" LC8c engine (not failed yet, time will obviously tell). Bad enough KTM already had a reputation for quality problems, then this camshaft issue comes up and they refused (still refuse) to address it head-on, and that has...
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    Here come the Chinese

    I bought a CFMoto CForce 600 3 years ago. It's fantastic, it's built like a brick, it had every option I wanted, and it cost significantly less than the competitors. The company sent me a one year follow up survey. They called and offered me free ATV training. The most attentive vehicle...
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    Africa Twin

    Pictures should be ok now. Let me know if they are not.
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    Unwelcome Visitors

    Yeah, I'm kind of bummed I had to start mowing the grass again. This isn't going to help. :) Good luck, stay safe!
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    Moto Guzzi Stelvio

    Ah, I thought you were being specific to Moto Guzzi. However, speaking generically, I stabbed Caesar in the back years ago! However, if the new S10 magically happens to weight 400lbs wet, I'm right back in. :)
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    Moto Guzzi Stelvio

    Nah. Lately I'm more into throwing them on the ground and covering up the pretty paint with mud, so I'm good!
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    Moto Guzzi Stelvio

    That's a hot looking bike. I for one love the yellow.
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    Привіт із України Київ. Hello From Ukrainе.

    Greetings and welcome! My apologies that I don't have an auto-translation capability here on the forum. If possible we recommend posting in English, even if you need to use Google translate to do so. https://translate.google.com
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    Chapter 11 - the KTM 890 Adventure R

    I'm glad to hear the 890s are holding up. It's Swedish sister threw me a CEL at 40 miles for a knock sensor, but resolved itself and hasn't come back on just yet (245 miles ODO). The good news is my 390 Adventure so far has been problem free (2k miles), so I figure I'll always have at least...
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    All-road training

    The June 8-9: https://www.appalachianadv.com/events.html#/
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    All-road training

    I've done several street oriented clinics, but never an ADV clinic. This year the timing finally worked out and I booked one. June 8th weekend. One day of dedicated course training and then 1 day of ADV ride. I'm a big advocate of skills training. Good luck to us both!
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    Scammers

    Ok, I'm going to need some extra eyes on this. I just made some changes. Here they are: 1. A new user will NOT be able to create new private conversations until they have been registered for 2 days and have posted at least 1 public message 2. Once the above criteria are met, the user will be...
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