You wouldn't believe the wind, rain, cold protection it provides in crappy weather though! Someone needs the bike for sale, it's a great all around sport tourer. I daresay the best in current production.
They do make hard luggage, expensive though. I went with twisted throttle semi hard bags on mine. I've also got a touring windscreen and upgraded all the suspension with traxxion dynamics. Added a akropovic exhaust and had the ecu reflashed. The windscreen is 3 position manual adjustable so it doesn't have to stand up so high in nice weather. This is my bike...
Dad bought it last fall thinking he wanted a quasi track bike and something to hooligan around on. He never rode it and decided he's not going to. Only thing he's done is changed the oil and put on a newer set of Pirelli Angel GT tires. They've got about 2000 miles on them. Bike has under 6000 miles. In excellent condition. Any questions message me. Figure about $8000 asking price.
I saw 119 in phx one time. Got stuck in traffic on the interstate too. I'm sure with the other cars and the blacktop it was much warmer than the 119. Full gear was uncomfortable, but prefer it to road rash.
The lane splitting idea for me stands fine as a grey area. What I think would be a significant improvement in terms of creating some sort of law would be filtering for motorcycles at stop lights.
Outside of Nashville maybe.On the rare occasion that I find myself opposite a funeral procession, I no longer pull off to the side. I stop in the middle, that leaves those behind me no choice other than to stop.
I tend to agree with most of earache. The section from wolf creek dam to around Jamestown, tn is good. I would take it to there and then decide if you wanna go slow and boring to i24 or cut across to 65 somewhere south of Nashville.
I'm looking for a new toolbox. Snap on, Mac, Matco, Cornwell. Something professional grade. I want something in the 54+ wide, 25" deep, 40" tall range. I would like at least one full length drawer. Anyone have anything they're dying to get rid of and wanna make me a deal on?