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2A Bourbon Hound 2024
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Because it's less than 50/50 I will actually buy either right now, but we ran down this rabbit hole maybe two years ago and I will probably eventually do this. So humor me, for those who know these bikes.
I’m 6’3” 220 and several years past the age of Medicare eligibility, so I won’t be standing on pegs much, mainly because I don’t want to.
Think, *green lanes, fire/forest/gravel/dirt two-lane roads*
A primary consideration will be my ability to single handedly load/un-load any two wheeled conveyance on a hitch receiver mounted rack on an F150 FX4 4x4 whose tailgate is pretty high in the air (relatively speaking) in its stock configuration. It may be unreasonable to even think I could load either bike this way, but I am fairly sturdy. The Suzuki is about 370 lbs, and the Kawasaki is about 450lbs.
I am sure I will need to consider handlebar height from the ground in terms of being able to manhandle either bike once it’s up on the rack to secure it. This might even be the bigger issue.
Discuss.
Oh, and my wife is riding with me (in the truck) today to look at these bikes, just for her sheer entertainment as the “Killer of dreams”, so there will be fodder for the “Venus...Mars” thread later, I‘m sure.
I’m 6’3” 220 and several years past the age of Medicare eligibility, so I won’t be standing on pegs much, mainly because I don’t want to.
Think, *green lanes, fire/forest/gravel/dirt two-lane roads*
A primary consideration will be my ability to single handedly load/un-load any two wheeled conveyance on a hitch receiver mounted rack on an F150 FX4 4x4 whose tailgate is pretty high in the air (relatively speaking) in its stock configuration. It may be unreasonable to even think I could load either bike this way, but I am fairly sturdy. The Suzuki is about 370 lbs, and the Kawasaki is about 450lbs.
I am sure I will need to consider handlebar height from the ground in terms of being able to manhandle either bike once it’s up on the rack to secure it. This might even be the bigger issue.
Discuss.
Oh, and my wife is riding with me (in the truck) today to look at these bikes, just for her sheer entertainment as the “Killer of dreams”, so there will be fodder for the “Venus...Mars” thread later, I‘m sure.
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