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messenger13
Jun 5th, 2006, 2:32 pm
What's it feel like coming 'out of the hole' as compared to the LT. (I'm hoping there's no comparison!)
DaveDragon
Jun 5th, 2006, 2:40 pm
Dude, you need a test ride!
messenger13
Jun 5th, 2006, 2:42 pm
Yea yea...I know, I know. But until then...
ATDRS
Jun 5th, 2006, 5:25 pm
It's like a good JAP bike. Easy to modulate and strong at lockup.
There, how's that?
Now, go and get a test ride. Or buy mine.
Tim S :cool:
messenger13
Jun 5th, 2006, 5:49 pm
The reason I ask is that...my ZX-11 has one of the most bullet-proof clutches a bike could have. So much so that Kawasaki put the same clutch in the new ZX-14. The LT's clutch is one feature I won't miss.
hoog62
Jun 5th, 2006, 6:18 pm
My son was like this before his first big golf tournament. Of course, he was 9 at the time. ;)
messenger13
Jun 5th, 2006, 6:35 pm
My son was like this before his first big golf tournament. Of course, he was 9 at the time. ;)* messenger13 shrugs his shoulders; then walks away singing "Hope I die before I get old"... http://www.bmwmoa.org/forum/images/smilies/dance.gif
grifscoots
Jun 5th, 2006, 6:42 pm
Thanks man. Now I have that song looping thru the tweested gray corridors.
ErnieA
Jun 5th, 2006, 10:23 pm
The reason I ask is that...my ZX-11 has one of the most bullet-proof clutches a bike could have. So much so that Kawasaki put the same clutch in the new ZX-14. The LT's clutch is one feature I won't miss.

When you finally break down and test ride one of these bad-boys the clutch will be the last thing you are going to be thinking about.;) Seriously:D
ATDRS
Jun 5th, 2006, 11:42 pm
Your driver's license's life expectancy will be the first. :rolleyes:
messenger13
Jun 5th, 2006, 11:51 pm
Tim, Tim, Tim...
My Ninja can run circles around a GT. I think I can harness the beastly GT.
meese
Jun 6th, 2006, 2:41 am
I knew that the GT has a wet multi-plate clutch, but when I rode one I didn't think about the clutch at all. It just works.

And I'm not gonna miss the LT's cluch either. A single dry disk coupled to a clunky transmission is one of the few places where BMW has maintained outdated technology.
ATDRS
Jun 6th, 2006, 8:14 am
Tim, Tim, Tim...
My Ninja can run circles around a GT. I think I can harness the beastly GT.
No, I did not mean that you could not handle the bike.120 MPH on either bike
is the same ticket or booking procedure. :rolleyes:
I just meant that the right wrist does not always comply with our smart cells.
After the LT, 120 mph comes up fairly quickly for me. I thank BMW for a good, accurate cruise control.