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Old 03-10-2009, 09:12 AM   #148
Mr Lefty
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Location: Denver CO
Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar
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Originally Posted by Rogue View Post
Holy hell you have that bike loaded down! How much different was the handling with all the added weight?
Yeah especially in twisties.....

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Well we call him Senior Loopy because he did an "accidental" wheelie and destroyed that bike on the way home....
yup... I've wondered what would have happened had I not had the bags on... I've launched that bike pretty hard more than a few times... and the front would come up... but only like a foot or so... and not nearly as fast...

but I did "pop" the clutch when it slipped out of my hand so I'd have probably done the same.... though the bags made it worse as they held me on the bike rather than slipping back...
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Accidental wheelies do happen.

Sucks the bike was destroyed in the process.
yeah... but ya live and learn... I just gotta make sure I don't loose focus... and reduce my daily miles... besides about 70% of my trip was super slab... fuck that never again... I wanna do all my trips with the minimum amount of freeway I can.
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