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Originally Posted by motordavid
chilliwilli: I don't understand why that group of riders you ref'd would be after
autos for "longer rides", as most scoots seldom need a downshift on the highways;
long, 500+ miles days on our sleds wear us all out, but shifting isn't the troublesome
part, imo, and actually helps keep one alert.
GL,mD
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True, pending where one travels, i guess. In our case, we ride from NYC to either CT, MA, Hamptons or Atlantic City. If it's a smaller group, we prefer to ride to our destination late at night, much less traffic. When it's a larger group, we prefer to ride daytime...stop-go traffic is guaranteed, in particular anywhere north/east of NYC.
One fella admitted that he's just lazy and i recall another mentioning something about liking the ability to downshift manually. Another gent says his CEO has been on his case to swap the street bike for a hog...he looked at several and was considering a Ducati but seems intrigued with the Mana
