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Dmcutter
Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 01:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Pulled the trigger and bought me an '04 Boxster S, picked it up in Pittsburgh last Saturday and drove it home. After driving it to work Monday and Tuesday, I decided to ride the bike to work this morning to see if I still need a bike with a car like that. It was 26 when I left the house...gotta tell ya, the car gets the nod for cold weather riding. Actually, its 0-60 is not much more than a second off the Uly's, and its top end is 30 mph over the bikes. But my wife wants me to keep the bike because if I sell it I'll end up buying another one next year. Smart woman-after 18 years she knows me pretty well.
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Daves
Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 03:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Congrats on the Boxster!
Keep the bike
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Chadhargis
Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 04:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A second is a LOT of time when you are talking 0-60 time. Of course, I find that I don't stop going at 60, and I rarely let my speed fall to 0 unless I stop.

Dive into a corner, roll on a handful, and hold on. I love that sensation!!!
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Lorazepam
Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 10:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I agree Daves
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Bosh
Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 09:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I rarely let my speed fall to 0 unless I stop.

Me either! ; }
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Dmcutter
Posted on Thursday, December 07, 2006 - 09:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Geez, you know, that sounds almost like something W would say...
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Chadhargis
Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 12:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

But it's true. How many of you enter a corner and stop? 0-60 times never made much sense to me. I'm far more concerned with 50-80 times.
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Dmcutter
Posted on Friday, December 08, 2006 - 02:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

0-60 happens at every stop light or sign...but you're right, roll on times are more important once you're out past the city limits. BTW, bikes are much less expensive to farkle than spensy German cars.
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