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#3384684 - 09/07/11 09:06 AM New horse in the corral
Archangel Senior Member Registered: 10/12/99 Posts: 4260 Loc: Canada, eh!	Iron horse that is! I've owned a Honda ST1100 for about 10 years. It's been a fantastic and reliable bike, but I thought it was time for something newer. I'm not getting any younger so I thought something with a little more power would be nice. Enter the Concours 1400. It's a 2010 model that had a whopping 1400KMs on the odo when I picked it up. I couldn't complain about the price either! Almost 160HP and a hell of a lot of fun. I bought it approx 1200KMs away so my inaugural ride was a decent one. Although it led me to the conclusion that the OEM seat absolutely blows. The ST1100 is far more comfortable for long distance riding. I could have made a seat cover out of a porcupine pelt and it would have been an improvement. All is OK though, Corbin makes a really nice seat and a color matched Snuggler trunk to go with it which I'll be buying over the winter. _________________________ Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice Boys are made out of dirty underwear or something like that - Mrs. Archangel
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#3384687 - 09/07/11 09:11 AM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
UnderTheRadar Hotshot Registered: 01/16/03 Posts: 6440 Loc: Austin, TX	Very col. Be safe! _________________________ I have gaming PCs that run everything from MS-DOS 6.22 to Windows 7 64-bit Win7 Home Prem 64 i5-750 MSI P55-GD80 XFX Radeon HD 6950 2 Gig 8 Gigs Corsair DDR3 1600 2 x 1 TB WD Black SATA II HD Plextor 24x DVD-RW ViewSonic VA2702w 1920x1080 Antec Gamer case and 650w PS Warthog 1663 w/ CH Pro Pedals TIR4 w/ Clip Logitech G110 KB
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#3384712 - 09/07/11 09:34 AM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Bill_Grant Senior Member Registered: 06/06/01 Posts: 3488 Loc: Dallas, TX	Woohoo! Love getting faster, sleeker, more powerful bikes! Heheh. Why is it the factory seat always is so uncomfortable? Whose butt do they test with, you wonder? Looks good. Like it is moving just sitting there in the driveway. _________________________ ~Bill Life is hard. It's even harder when you are stupid.
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#3384714 - 09/07/11 09:34 AM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Bill_Grant Senior Member Registered: 06/06/01 Posts: 3488 Loc: Dallas, TX	Do you ride 2-Up very often? _________________________ ~Bill Life is hard. It's even harder when you are stupid.
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#3384723 - 09/07/11 09:42 AM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Archangel Senior Member Registered: 10/12/99 Posts: 4260 Loc: Canada, eh!	Very rarely do I ride with a passenger. The Mrs, while she doesn't hate bikes doesn't care for them enough to go on a trip with one. In fact, that Corbin seat w/snuggler totally does away with the passenger seat. _________________________ Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice Boys are made out of dirty underwear or something like that - Mrs. Archangel
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#3513938 - 02/07/12 05:52 PM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Archangel Senior Member Registered: 10/12/99 Posts: 4260 Loc: Canada, eh!	Arise, Lazarus! Did some tweaks to the girl over winter. New exhaust, got the ECU reflashed to a bit more aggressive mapping (ZX14 like) and had to change that god forsaken seat. Have had a very mild winter so I've been riding it a bit. It's.... fun. _________________________ Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice Boys are made out of dirty underwear or something like that - Mrs. Archangel
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#3513947 - 02/07/12 06:31 PM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Sluggish Controls Member Registered: 06/21/05 Posts: 788 Loc: Shanghai, China	Darn, I hardly see any of those around Shanghai. Sweet. Plenty of electric mopeds though, anyone interested in jpgs? Cheers, Slug _________________________ "Major Burns isn't saying much of anything, Sir. I think he's formulating the answer..." - Radar - MAS*H
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#3513950 - 02/07/12 06:39 PM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
arthur666 Pitbull Tickler Member Registered: 11/07/05 Posts: 939 Loc: Chapel Hill, NC	Nice. So where is the next road trip destination? _________________________ System Vitals: Intel Q8200, GTX560, 4GB DDR1333, Win7 64bit Sims: Race '07/GTR Evo, GTR2, GTL, StrikeFighters2 (complete series), F4:AF, EECH, IL2:1946, Arma2+OA, X-Plane, MSFS X Games: Skyrim, Mount&Blade:Warband+F&S, Fallout 3, STALKER COP, Medieval II
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#3513958 - 02/07/12 06:58 PM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
Archangel Senior Member Registered: 10/12/99 Posts: 4260 Loc: Canada, eh!	Planning on a Southern Utah trip this year. I ride glacier park generally a few times a year too though but that doesn't count as it's just a day trip! _________________________ Girls are made of sugar, spice and everything nice Boys are made out of dirty underwear or something like that - Mrs. Archangel
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#3514073 - 02/08/12 01:35 AM Re: New horse in the corral [Re: Archangel]
RSColonel_131st Lifer Registered: 01/02/01 Posts: 20533 Loc: Vienna, 2nd rock left.	That's not a bike, that's a two-wheeled living room. You got a new exhaust too since the first pics?
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