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Rick

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Good morning,

You probably won't hear much from me until after the phone rings from the dealer telling me my new S10 has come in. Currently, I have a DL1000 that I bought new in 2003. I now have close to 120,000 miles on it. My wife rides a Ninja 650, and we both ride dirt too. Here are a few photo's. Oh, did I mention I think TwistedThrottle is a great place to buy stuff?!? I have spent a bunch of money there!

I recently took this photo of my DL at Skywood Trading Post, which is right across the street from Alice's Restaurant in Woodside, CA.


Here's my wife on her Ninja at a stop on Calaveras Road somewhere around Milpitas, CA.


Here, she's on her KTM XC-F250 in Boulder Creek, CA.


I'm getting a little exercise at Carnegie SVRA park, in Livermore, CA.


We went to the Motorcycle Show in San Mateo, CA. Fenny makes a scary face as she sits on the Ducati Monster!


I was on the list for a test ride but the rain canceled it. As it turns out, this is all it took.


That's it!
 

Swagger

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Hi Rick,
Welcome. Nice to have you here. Seems that you like a bit of motorcycle ridin' ... that makes you well qualified to be here. So you got the XT1200Z ... now what have you purchased for your bike riding better half ... hmmm go on. What have you bought her? Gr8 pics BTW. :)
 

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Rick, nice to have you aboard. Awesome that your wife rides too. I just picked up a mint condition Yamaha WR250R, sort of hoping the wife will learn to ride!
 

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Hello Rick. I went to the Long Beach show and was signed up for 9:15 demo, then 11:40 then they all got cancelled because of rain too. Ne demo for me either but I had already ordered. I was happy to sit on it and see in person. Welcome to the group.

BTW, were you active on VSRI or Stromtrooper? I have a Strom too.
 

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welcome Rick. I bet you can't stay away from here for very long. I tried, but as you see I have been on a posting and information frenzy for some time now. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.
 

Rick

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Swagger said:
Hi Rick,
Welcome. Nice to have you here. Seems that you like a bit of motorcycle ridin' ... that makes you well qualified to be here. So you got the XT1200Z ... now what have you purchased for your bike riding better half ... hmmm go on. What have you bought her? Gr8 pics BTW. :)
I thought the BMW F800ST would fit her well, but she says she doesn't want a new bike right now. I'd like to see her get something new, but it's up to her. :)
 

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RomKnight said:
Welcome.

I can assure you won't be disappointed with the bike even off-road ;D
I can't wait to ride it! I don't plan to ride it off road though. I have a dirt bike for that.
 

Rick

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trinc4me said:
Rick, nice to have you aboard. Awesome that your wife rides too. I just picked up a mint condition Yamaha WR250R, sort of hoping the wife will learn to ride!
My wife started with a small bike and moved up from there. Now, she's really hard core about it. It's all she want to do!
 

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SpeedStar said:
Hello Rick. I went to the Long Beach show and was signed up for 9:15 demo, then 11:40 then they all got cancelled because of rain too. Ne demo for me either but I had already ordered. I was happy to sit on it and see in person. Welcome to the group.

BTW, were you active on VSRI or Stromtrooper? I have a Strom too.
I was really disappointed about the test rides, but oh well. I post a little on the Stromtrooper forum, but after this long, I don't have much to say about the bike. I am kind of wondering how much I can get for the bike. I'll have more than 125,000 miles on it by the time the S10 comes in. Do you know anyone that wants a well used, but well maintained DL?!?
 

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HoebSTer said:
welcome Rick. I bet you can't stay away from here for very long. I tried, but as you see I have been on a posting and information frenzy for some time now. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.
Yeah, I'm reading as much as I can right now. I'm not shy, so if I have a question, I'll chime right in. :)
 

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Rick, sounds like your very experienced Strom may be better off staying in your garage as a backup bike. I may keep mine for just that purpose as well.
 

Don in Lodi

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Those pictures are great, LOL, I've been to most of 'em. See you on the road.

Don in Lodi
 
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