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I wear reasonably thick denim. So, I wind up washing them after two days of wear... Other than that, it's leather jacket and boots along with full-faced helmet. I have yet to wash the jacket since leather doesn't smell up easily, and the helmet gets washed on average twice a year via hand.

All of my bikes are non-ABS. As such, I use the front brake only under most circumstances. When I need to stop in a hurry, I use both.

Holy crap! How have I missed this thread for this long?!? I'm sorry to hear of your woes with the law Pat. It sounds like you've done an intervention on yourself. I have ample faith however that you will find yourself awake at night pondering how wrong the universe is without a motorcycle in your li...

Bob - As a motorcyclist who wants "soul" in his bikes and for this reason generally prefer BMWs, Harleys, Ducs, etc. I must respectfully disagree with you regarding the nature of the SV650. It is a bike with plenty of character (having a v-twin helps in this regard) that also happens to be...

Get the Suzuki. I have one. While mine's the standard, the smaller size and high revving v-twin makes it feel markedly different from the R1150R. The bike is cheap, easy to maintain, will hold up for years, and is a joy to ride. Because mine's the standard model, it will even putter around town at a...

Vann - shhhh! Don't tell my girlfriend! :P Seriously, how can anybody stop with one motorcycle? The Roadster comes as close to an ideal do-it-all bike there is and thus fulfills the need best. However, there are a lot of compelling choices out there many of which are made by BMW. I want more. I gues...

One, I am planning to keep my R1150R forever. Having said that, I am overcome by lust over the K1200S, have a "real need" for the R1200RT, and would love to have the R1200GS for the coolness factor.

Why does motorcycling have to be so good?

Riding or driving to work is a mere 10 minutes for me. So I ride because I enjoy riding, not to save gas.

My R gets about 46 mpg with the saddle bags loaded on the highway. Around town, I get about 40. That's just icing on the cake.

I've been a member of this board since June, 2002, the same month I took delivery of my black Roadster. I first threw a leg over a motorcycle in early 1998 when I bought a very, very used '86 Honda CB 450 that I puttered around town with. It really wasn't until I bought a Suzuki SV650 in January of ...