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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #80 on: December 07, 2011, 04:44:03 PM »
I am consistently amazed at how many of us are from Virginia on this message board.  Seems way disproportionate.  Anyone else notice that?  (Yes, I am a native and resident Virginian).

I see them (C14's) in Hampton Roads every now and then, not a lot as this is Harley Country for some reason. 

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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #81 on: December 07, 2011, 05:12:31 PM »
I am consistently amazed at how many of us are from Virginia on this message board.  Seems way disproportionate.  Anyone else notice that?  (Yes, I am a native and resident Virginian).

Yep, not that there's anything wrong with that.  :)
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #82 on: December 07, 2011, 05:15:20 PM »

Cheers, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone,
Mike Shelton
Stafford, VA
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Mike, glad you found us.  Believe it or not I was thinking about you the other day.

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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #83 on: December 07, 2011, 06:37:56 PM »
Jim,

Thanks for the welcome back.  Refresh my dull memory - where are you located?  In my previous Connie life, I was CoggerMike when I was a COG Member and semi-frequent participant on the COG-List.  Recent magazine articles and some discussions with others have made me think of the C14 if and when I get a new machine.

I had always been a Jap bike owner - the R1150RT is my first German bike and it took a while to get acclimated to some of the unique attributes it has, but it has turned out to be a nice machine.  It does have potentially problematic certain ABS failure scenarios that may be unpleasant, but so far so good on the reliability.  I took it on a 7543-mile tour to the NorthWest and down to Las Vegas this Summer.  In October rode it on business to Kansas City, down to Albany, GA, and return.  Been to Oshkosh twice and KC several times, plus a bunch of times to Tennessee.  Did the "Big Bend Ride The Twisties" in March 2008 where I hooked up with my dear friends Ted Adcock and Troy Minton.  It is fun in the twisties and mountains.  And it will drone all day and night on the superslab.

Thinking hard about a C14 myself, but the 2007-2011 R1200RT models look enticing also.  I love the simplicity and long-term reliability of an oil-cooled / air-cooled twin boxer.  They are neat bikes.

Cheers,
Mike Shelton
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #84 on: December 08, 2011, 03:14:06 AM »
Ah, getting old eh?  2002 C10, King George, I rode your  BMW to Kilmarnock and at that time couldn't wait to get back on the C10... ;)
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #85 on: December 08, 2011, 02:51:22 PM »
Jim Sparkman, hey, is that you?  How the heck is ya?

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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #86 on: December 08, 2011, 02:53:00 PM »
I is fine and enjoying my C14, at least I was until August or so...but that's another story outside of this thread.  Am tickled you made it back to us, Mike.
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #87 on: December 08, 2011, 03:42:38 PM »
Hey Jim, anyone ever call you Sparky?     :o
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #88 on: December 08, 2011, 03:56:53 PM »
Yep and it's fine by me...
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #89 on: December 08, 2011, 03:59:19 PM »
Jim, glad to know you're still vertical w/o a toe tag.  How is Martha?

As for being "old," my son thinks I flew pterodactyls when I was in Navy primary training.  But this summer I did a 17-day 7543-mile trip up to the great NorthWet (w/o rain, actually) on the RT.  Did Rapid City, The Badlands, Devil's Tower, all that stuff, then 212 across Montana to Little Big Horn, I-90 into Washington, spent a couple of nights with an old grad school buddy in Chehalis, then down through Nampa, ID and to Las Vegas for three nights with the kids and my grandchillen.  My son graduated from Navy Test Pilot School in June and is now assigned to a joint Navy / Air Force test office at Nellis AFB, flying the Hornet, the F-16, and some stuff he can't discuss.

Then the long drone home via I-40 / I-81 / I-64, etc.

Not bad for an old guy.  IBA#9019.  All on the marvelous machine you chose to diss.  Shame on ya.  That bike now has a tick below 111,000 miles and running great.  In many ways, much easier to work on than the mighty fine C10.  I just would prefer an RT w/o ABS and I would be much happier.

You can ping me off-list and tell me your C14 saga.  I have a RT saga story also but she's great now.

Cheers,
Mike Shelton
Stafford, VA
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #90 on: December 08, 2011, 07:33:19 PM »
Hey Jim, anyone ever call you Sparky?     :o


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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #91 on: December 08, 2011, 08:01:32 PM »
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #92 on: December 17, 2011, 09:01:32 PM »
Well, today was the day I was going to buy a motorcycle...

I took both the R1200RT and the C14 out on test rides along the same stretch of roads. In my opinion, the bikes are totally different; the C14 clearly sporty, while the RT more tour oriented. There was a surprising amount of wind noise on the C14 along with upper body heat (that surprised me, had not read about that in 2011). But the power and smoothness the bike has is contagious and makes you have to have the bike!

I rode the RT and fell in love. It is quiet, comfortable, has plenty of power, and handles well.

Truly I could not decide which to buy. So I bought both!! :)

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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #93 on: December 18, 2011, 08:15:44 AM »
Kurt, I like the way you operate!

Some would claim it is a hoax, since no pictures have ever been posted..... ;)
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #94 on: December 18, 2011, 08:33:07 AM »
+1
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #95 on: December 18, 2011, 10:20:41 AM »
+2...
 
no pics, didn't happen.

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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #96 on: December 18, 2011, 06:51:22 PM »

Connie's really depreciate this badly?  :-[
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #97 on: December 18, 2011, 10:06:26 PM »
Connie's really depreciate this badly?  :-[
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/mcy/2759921991.html

Has nothing to do specifically with "Connie's".  ALL motor vehicles take a huge hit the moment you drive them off the lot and they are not "new".

PS.  where are those pics??!!?!
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #98 on: December 19, 2011, 11:50:45 AM »
Connie's really depreciate this badly?  :-[
if you are looking for a motorcycle as an investment, you are looking at the wrong one.
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Re: Buying a C14 or R1200RT tomorrow
« Reply #99 on: December 19, 2011, 12:41:33 PM »
if you are looking for a motorcycle as an investment, you are looking at the wrong one.

If he sells the bike for $10,500, considering the price that he paid, it's only a 25% hit. Really, seems about on par with any other new motor vehicle purchase.