All loaded up and set. The only thing left is the leaving. Rolling south in T-minus 9 hours. The Mrs. ( @R00 ) and I are headed to the Smokies and beyond for a week. Her first real long bike trip other than stlabbing to Niagara Falls once. Taking 2 days down through the heart of Ky, staying in Pigeon Forge with the family for a few days. Then taking the BRP and doing my named road trip in reverse to get home. Ill post pics and reports here through out the week.
Nope. Anything I could pick won't hold a candle to the GSA. I am completely set for a few hundred thousand miles.
..or until Jim is finished with his Goldwing.
Not sure about your BMW, but on mine when I pull the front brake lever, the bike decides which brakes are applied based on some German algorithm that considers many factors. A light squeeze on the front brake lever will only apply the rear brake in certain situations (you can actually feel it in the rear brake pedal).
It's actually a really good system and works seamlessly.
FYI...the rear stock kawasaki brake pads on a C14 will last 82k miles
Need to make a trip to pony in mansfield tomorrow morning. They are holding a set of EBC HHs for me.
Maybe Dunlop changed something like @durk suggested?
Without TC, the first big slip would have high sided me. After a few more times, I started making it slip intentionally, so I'd kinda know what to expect and how it would feel.
On some roads they were ok, like the Dragon and the Skyway. They grip on the roads in Kentucky was especially bad.
I had to keep my bike in Rain Mode for most of the trip.
Love the BMW. Hate the Dunlops.