Sun, 20 Sep 1998 22:58:54 +0200
- Message No. 4077
From: Arne Lindgren
Subject: RE: Varadero
Bought my @ 7 month and 10000 km ago after wondering for 2 years what to
buy. A friend (ex pantah, ex 750 gsxr, ex yamma 500 sr.... and so on)
assured me that whatever i bougth i would have liked to buy som other
bike.
The @ is my allround commuter/workhorse/gravel/longdistance bike and so
far im quite lucky. My criteria was to ask the dealers for a bike thet
would let me all the way to the summerhouse with one fillup of gas on
the way... No problem they said and then I told them that the
summerhouse is 1050 kms away... *hehe*.
The Tiger and the TDM fell out because of inferior gravel road
capabilities, (and the Duc Lycky Explorer on quality) but then I saw
that a gravel-tuned TDM won Paris-Dakar. And the Tiger doesnt have the
soft butt-pinching saddle of the @. Maybe my friend is right..
And just maybe that we, the @ people have this mix of needs that no
maker kan afford to fulfill because the world is full of posers buying
image bikes.
And because of that, maybe we will have to buy these bikes and rebuild
them.
I myself would like to have a 30 litre tank and a stronger engine, and
fuel injection giving me better mileage and a distance of 600 km/tank.
But probably mr Honda will never ever hear of me, and much lesser build
my bike, to be sold in one example.
So maybe this cuban bike will be my next with gravel tyres and a wider
handlebar. Heavier, yes of cource, but i will be a better rider...
Arne Lindgren (And Mattewerner, the green/white @ )
> ----------
> From:
> ralf.gutgesell@t-online.de[SMTP:ralf.gutgesell@t-online.de]
> Sent: den 19 september 1998 18:50
> To: xrv@atic.org
> Subject: (XRV) Varadero
>
> Hi everyone!
>
> well, I know, there has already been written a lot about this
> "Varadero"-bike (is
> it really the name of a town or a beach and nothing else? Any comments
> from
> Spanish native speakers?), but I have been on the intermot myself
> today, sat on
> it, and I must admit that I am also disappointed. It is not only big
> and
> definitely no @ but also quite ugly in my opinion. Perhaps this
> impression will
> change once you've tried it. I think I will try it, too, but only to
> see how the
> engine works (while you sit on it you can't see it, thank God).
>
> Take care Ralf
>
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