On Wed, 26 May 2021 20:07:29 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
> On 05/26/2021 06:36 PM, john wrote:
>> is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
>> go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
>> dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
>> titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
>> call it a night....
> I'm about to hit the 8th, which means that from now on I SKI FREE! What
> does that tell you?
That you're still young enough to miss out on golfing. Which is a good
thing. Not all hope is lost. If I were john, I would keep the widowmaker
(aka. CR500R) as pension provision and investment. I've ridden a KTM 380
once, 20 years ago, when I was testing a couple of GasGas (EC250 and 300
IIRC). Might be a bit similar to the 490, didn't really like it. Lacking
the snappiness of smaller 2s (or me lacking skills) but then suddently
ripping your arms out. When I go big bore, I take the 620
Supercompetition. 23 years old, still running strong, enemy of all
neighbours.
Volker