Tonik

So, we are on page 6 of opinions on what bike you should get. That question will generate 6 more pages of opinions. All of the jackets you link to are acceptable. They are brand names and provide decent protection. Textile gear is good, and is what I wear...but it is not the 'best' protection you can get. A full leather racing suit is better...but it sucks to ride around in one of those all day long. So we make compromises. Textile will take care of you pretty well. You need pants too, don't skip the pants.

Yea, State 8 has a lot of them. OP mentioned he was interested in the Kaw cruisers. Those are really hard to come by, they don't run demo trucks much anymore. They have a shopping tool that says Rousch and State 8 allow demo's. But I know for a fact Rousch does not. https://www.kawasaki.com/shoppingtools/selectdealer/Motorcycle

What you are looking for are called 'Demo Days'. The factories bring in a trailer full of bikes to a dealer...you sign up and ride. Some dealers will allow test rides, but as you are finding they are few and far between.

FTFY

Well shit, one of my saddle bags cracked on the bottom. Ma Kaw better warranty it, that sucker is 1200 bucks.

And we are home. 4882 miles and 12 states.

Dayton tonight, too tired to hang out with @Hellmutt 's balls, assuming @snot would bring her backpack. Early departure in the morning and 3 easy hours home.

"Ok Google" "Navigate nearest gas station." "Play music."

Oh look, another casino.

A room full of pies!!

Today on CNN on the new ransomware. http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2017/05/13/exp-hackers-demand-ransom-in-major-cyber-attack.cnn

Ahi Tuna nachos.

Personal Freedom without government regulation is the cornerstone of The Libertarian Party. And motorcycling is one of the bigger expressions of that freedom. No you don't have to agree with everything but this is a pretty big contradiction.

I thought you were a libertarian?

And unfortunately they have one of these every couple of hundred miles too.

Kinda interesting, we pass one of these every 25 miles or so. Thats a lot of grain. Note the skies @marlboro man

Very little rain. Zero today but yea it has looked like it was going to a LOT. And we certainly got hammered last Thursday on the way down. It sucked.

The government doesn't have any money. We are paying you to do that. We don't mind, you earned it.

Nope, not liking Dodge City.

We can put it on my back seat no problem. Ill be back in town Sunday.

Dodge City KS. Right next to a casino for the wife. Damn the cows in Kansas smell like well..cow shit.

Blasting across the Santa Fe Trail to Dodge City today.

You got it. Wifes pasta was awesome too. Those little baby tacos were bbq quail. I could have eaten a hundred of them.

I use Sygic. It downloads maps to your phone. I got all of North America on mine.