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It's pretty much impossible to fix a motorcycle without quick access to cold beer.

Who cares, there is no third pedal and you put it in D when you are feeling lazy. Doesn't matter if there are little elf clones of Aryton Senna inside the case working the gear sets at the speed of light. At the end of the day it's video game driving. The way I see it there are are only three situations where one of these transmissions is preferable: 1) you are in a high level amateur, semi-pro, or professional competition (including bracket drag racing and F1 which seem to be the too big uses for this tech), 2) you are unable to drive stick because of some physical limitation, and 3) you don't want to feel inferior because you can't drive stick as well as your peers and you are a tech head so you are going to rely on the "I'm into technology" aspect to hide the fact your daddy didn't love you enough to teach you how to work three pedals like a man. There is a 4th reason where you just don't care about cars, driving experience, or other people's opinion but I am going to guess that is nobody on this forum.

Who's at fault?Clearly,it's Obama's fault!

Fuckin neibors!!!

No wonder you get harrassed. Seriously though: Arguing with cops is futile & counterproductive, no matter what your rights are.

Yea, and if they both put their heads up their asses they won't need earplugs either. <EOT>

You better look again. Your old ass mind is failing you. I know for a fact I put at least 2 in that goodie bag. You should probably pick up 2 more though. We've got like 6 or 8 left now

How the hell do i not already have these?!?! They should have came with my last purchase!

Yeah, I don't think that circumstance is a matter of being uncooperative, if you ask a officer why they stopped you and they won't answer you, then I think THEY are being uncooperative with you thus leading to you being uncooperative with them. Vicious cycle, like many things in this world.

Correct. The reason is that your brain doesn't have to waste cycles weeding through high-frequency white noise brought on by the wind. In fact, most professional musicians playing in loud venues either wear foamies or invest in custom-fit, musical-grade attenuators, not only to save their hearing, but also to better discern musical detail. I know, that sounds contradictory - wearing noise attenuators to better hear the music - but it's how the brain works. See here for a little more about why musicians do it. When I was young, I played a lot of gigs with powerful amps and attended a bunch with even bigger rigs. I didn't notice it at the time, but it definitely damaged my hearing. I now experience a distinct ring from the tinnitus all the damned time and there is no surgical or pharmaceutical solution for it. Had I bought good quality earplugs when I was young, I'd have much better hearing today. The good thing is that I wised up and am taking action to prevent it from accumulating even more. So, I wear earplugs every time I ride for more than 30 minutes and I love it. Less fatigue, I can still hear middle and lower frequencies just fine, I can hear my friends on the intercom, pedestrians, car horns and everything else, just without the massive din of wind noise. The law against earplugs was never written for motorcycles and is out of sync with what's good for us and everyone around us. Sure, most enclosed cars don't need any more attenuation, but bikes and open-top cars are a different matter. If we're going to let motorcyclists NOT wear a helmet, we should at least let them protect their hearing and distinguish middle and lower frequencies better.

If I get pulled over by Johnny Law......A citation for earplugs will be the least of my worries. Just saying considering the company I ride with.

Cheers, that was fast. It's just a courteous web-design rule of thumb. Power users already playing a video on another monitor or opening up 2 links in new tabs which then play the same sound out of sync. Or just when browsing while having the TV on, music playing, talking on the phone or internet surfing at work or a library.

I have been doing funeral escorts the last few months on an old BMW police bike like the ones below, and am becoming more and more of a BMW fan. They work great in all types of weather and have the same maintenance schedule as a car. Are comfortable for all day riding, and when it is cold, I LOVE the heated grips!!! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3420/3842401715_6599c533f0_z.jpg

congrats and welcome to the beemer side

Awesome ride. I have lusted for a ride on the K1600GT version for quite a while. Come spring, give us a ride report.

Congrats, definitely looks like one comfy do-all machine. If you cant ride all day on one of those, then you must be sitting on your nuts or somethin'