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I came really close to buying an RT. Really, all the 2014+ BMW water cooled boxers are fantastic motorcycles. The R1200R with all the touring farkles, just checked my boxes a little better than the RT, RS, or GS. Plus I just like roadster style naked bikes. If 2 up touring was a big consideration, I'd have a hard time deciding between the GW or 1600GTL...really can't go wrong though.

I consider myself a 60/40 right-leaning swing vote. Give me someone better to vote for than Trump and I probably would, but there's no way I could vote for Bernie Sanders. His plan is economic suicide...although, little if any of his plans would pass both the House and Senate. Of the Democrat candidates, the only one that has a platform I could try to get behind is Klobuchar, but I don't think she is "left enough" to get the Democratic nomination.

Haven't closely followed the detail of Bernie's plans. Is this right? I don't see how these numbers could work. https://www.city-journal.org/bernie-sanders-expensive-spending-proposals All told, Sanders’s current plans would cost as much as $97.5 trillion over the next decade, and total government spending at all levels would surge to as high as 70 percent of gross domestic product. Approximately half of the American workforce would be employed by the government. The ten-year budget deficit would approach $90 trillion, with average annual deficits exceeding 30 percent of GDP. The $97.5 trillion price tag is made up mostly of the costs of Sanders’s three most ambitious proposals. Sanders concedes that his Medicare For All plan would increase federal spending by “somewhere between $30 and $40 trillion over a 10-year period.” He pledges to spend $16.3 trillion on his climate plan. And his proposal to guarantee all Americans a full-time government job paying $15 an hour, with full benefits, is estimated to cost $30.1 trillion. The final $11.1 trillion includes $3 trillion to forgive all student loans and guarantee free public-college tuition—plus $1.8 trillion to expand Social Security, $2.5 trillion on housing, $1.6 trillion on paid family leave, $1 trillion on infrastructure, $800 billion on general K-12 education spending, and an additional $400 billion on higher public school teacher salaries. This unprecedented outlay would more than double the size of the federal government. Over the next decade, Washington is already projected to spend $60 trillion, and state and local governments will spend another $29.7 trillion from non-federal sources. Adding Sanders’s $97.5 trillion—and then subtracting the $3 trillion saved by state governments under Medicare For All—would raise the total cost of government to $184 trillion, or 70 percent of the projected GDP over ten years

I'll actually be surprised if that footage isn't used in Trump campaign add.

The GW and the GTL1600 are really in a class of their own for 2 up riding at a beyond-cruiser pace.

I hope you made an offer

She caved to pressure from the far left. I'm curious to see how it all plays out.

Yep.

Pelosi has done more to energize the Republican voting base than anyone other than maybe Trump himself. "If" Trump wins, a lot of Democrat fingers are going to be pointing in her direction.

WV. Stay a night in Elkins, and a night or 2 in Buckhannon and explore. Pretty much every state route in the area is wiggly with little traffic.

A great way (for me) to lose weight is a long multi-day motorcycle trip through the Appalachians. I get in the 'zone' and barely think about food until we're done for the day. I usually drop 3-4lbs on those trips.

I have vacation at the end of the month. After that I'm jumping back on this bandwagon. I could stand to lose 10lbs, after vacation it will be 15.

After much searching I finally bought a scope for my CZ 455 Tacticool (.22). Nikon Black FX1000. It might be a little overkill for a .22, but good glass is good glass. Never had a FFP scope before. https://www.nikonsportoptics.com/en/nikon-products/riflescopes/black-fx1000-4-16x50sf-fx-mrad.html

I shoot a ton of .22 cause it's cheap and fun. If a .22 pistol can't shoot cheap bulk ammo (walmart) than it has no use for me. My SR22, S&W 22S, and a S&W Victory fire pretty much anything. I only use good .22 target ammo in rifles when shooting for accuracy.

I am traveling to Mexico in about 3 weeks. I'm not worrying about this, but watching to see what happens. China is the perfect storm of contagious disease...population density, poverty, live animal food markets, and a gov't that has mishandled many of these situations. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/asia/coronavirus-doctor-whistle-blower-intl-hnk/index.html

now over 20,000 cases.

I was able to get the dealer to deliver it.

Many people like cruisers. I've tried, but they just don't suit me. This Vulcan is a more capable motorcycle than than either the 2006 HD Street Rod (A horrible Frankenstein design that makes no sense), or the 2010 V Star 950 (an almost ok motorcycle except for the comical lack of ground clearance...parts would scrape while riding in my neighborhood) that I had previously. The Vulcan is a better motorcycle than either of those. It has enough ground clearance to ride an entertaining pace on curves. The motor likes to rev and has plenty of power for riding with a passenger. It's a proven design that's pretty much bulletproof. I take excellent care of my stuff. 5000 miles, no dents, dings, etc. Runs 100%, tires have a lot of life left. Recent oil change. Clean, clear title in hand, 2 keys, manual. Best color combination. Needs nothing. Asking $4,350...can do better for someone I know.

30% chance I could come.

The correct punchline was Wuhan Clan.

So if you contract this, you have less of a chance of dying compared to SARS. But, it's spreading way faster. I've been sorta following this in the news. Hard to tell how big this could get

coronavirus = zombies you heard it here first

The dealership delivered the R1200R today (from Michigan). An advantage of buying in the winter

The N400 walks the line between real motorcycle and a toy