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Wired2
Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 - 09:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

GOING TO JACKSON HOLE (JACKSON, WYOMING) THIS WEEK AND LOOKING TO RENT A BIKE AND ANY RIDE SUGGESTIONS
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Hooper
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I see an Eagle Rider is in Jackson, and they have a pretty nice selection of bikes (not just Harleys anymore). If I went (which I will someday), I'd get the R1200GS - never ridden one. They have an RT as well, which I like, especially for higher speeds and twistier roads.

Renting is pricey, but if you don't have a ton of vacation and live far away from an incredible destination, it's totally worth it. I never thought I'd see the desert Southwest, CA wine country, or a foreign country on two wheels before retirement, but I have.
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Mattmcc00
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I drove the new R1300R.... not a fan. Too much high oscillation vibration through the handles, Bike is really low, and with my 6'3" frame it made it hard to upshift (my ankle was already bent to the limit just to put my foot on the peg, how am i supposed to upshift???).
Also I felt the back wheel a little squirly in low speed cornering, and the bike is a little hesitant to angle in higher speed cornering. Really cool to look at though.... its the kind of bike that you can look at for hours without getting bored.
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Bzrider
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 12:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

i would recomend the gs i dont know about other year modles but i was able to ride the 2010 when i was in kentucky it was a great bike definently my next one
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Firstbatch
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

for RIDING suggestions I would head directly from Jackson to Yellowstone and spend one day doing the lower loop and one day doing the upper loop Then exit the park at teh north entrance and head to Red Lodge, MT via the Beartooth Highway....SPECTACUULAR......
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