George, if you came up to the Balt area, you should have given Henry and myself a heads up, we might have been able to meet you somewhere !!
-----Original Message----- From: George C. Paramithas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GTS vs. FJR1300 and a 2K ride THOR, I don't want your described bike cause I'd have to sell my VERY unusual GTS to buy it. Beside, every THOR, Dick and Harry would then own one and that would make me a common sort wouldn't it :-))? Unusual George PS. I just got back from a week long 2K mile trip, Huntsville to Baltimore and back (mixed business with pleasure) via the Blue Ridge Parkway, 2 up with 26 lb each in the Krausers, all I can say is the Corbin is only good for 300 hundred miles at best, beyond that it's a pain in the toooooooosh. And my bike's lock & key stickiness got me to utter a few choice words, not to mention the old knees which hurt a bit after 15 hour ride days. Bottom line, the GTS's ridding position could have been a bit better for us both......it's a sport tourer after all so, my Corbin equipped Royal Star with Bushtec trailer has now been Marcia designated as our long distance runner....and I whole heartily agree! But the above not withstanding, the GTS is still NUMERO UNO in my book if I were to compare it to like bikes. GREAT and I mean GREAT handling, great gas mileage (40+ miles/gal), no oil burning what so ever and all that on 85+ miles/hour highway runs mixed into mainly mountain riding. And for you Deals Gap types, Virginia's HW 58 is every bit as good as the Dragon's tail only longer. My forearms are still sore and so is my mouth from all the smiling I was doing while ridding it. The Blue Ridge was best at its lower half and better done during the week but do look for and take its off-shoot roads which are tremendous fun to ride. All in all a very happy GTSer indeed! George nursing a smile, a key board and a cappuccino. > If Yamaha would wake up and realize that they had the answer in 93-94, and > improved it to compete with BMW/Honda/Ducati, electric windshield (very > rider friendly) and a shaft drive (very reliable, quiet), HID lights, > Optional riding lights, front/rear ABS, EFI, Options for new PIPES/CANS, > GPS-LCD built in....Hell, Ill add one more cylinder for the fun of it, > Inline 5, shave off 100+lbs, they would have a market killer....In > metallic-eggplant purple (almost purple-black), A deep ocean blue-green, and > of course Red - a nice Malbec. > > but here is the catch, they also need to shave it below > $10K, that, that would be a bike that would fly off the show floor. > > List it for $9990.00 > > Sorry...I just had the most wonderful dream! > THOR > The information contained in this e-mail including any attachments may constitute Corvis Corporation Proprietary Information that is subject to Non-Disclosure Agreement and cannot be disclosed to any other party without the express consent of Corvis Corporation. If you are neither the intended recipient of this e-mail nor responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, note that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or retention of this e-mail is prohibited. If you believe you have received this e-mail in error, we request that you notify the sender by return e-mail and then delete this e-mail and any return e-mail immediately.
