Yesterday, I drove my minivan from Mount Desert Island to Beverly, MA to leave with my daughter so that she had a vehicle for work during her summer break between her sophomore and junior year in college.

On the way down, I passed 3 Stroms headed North.

On the bus ride home today, I passed two Stroms headed South. One of them was one of the ones I saw yesterday; black with sharkteeth decal. The rider had a yellow helmet and what looked like Suzuki luggage or maybe Givi.

Also today, I saw 6 BMW Adventure bikes and only a few Harley cruisers. Usually the "scale" is tipped the other way; only seeing one or two adventure bikes and a bunch of Harleys.

Anyway, I feel just a little bit "crowded" with what I saw. I'm thinking that I am going to take up Base Jumping.

Does anyone want to buy a well maintained, well kept, low mileage DL-650? :rolleyes: I need the money to purchase my wingsuit.

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2007 DL-650 (111,000 + miles)
"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night"
"In most men, there lurks a lesser man, and his presence smells in the the sun."
1961, Ernest K. Gann: "Fate Is The Hunter"

I bet you're one of those guys whose favorite band suddenly sucks as soon as they become popular, huh?

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'08 Wee

Come out to my part of the world. You won't see another one within 70 miles of mine. They don't seem very popular around here.

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Spend some time around SW Michigan, then - I have yet to see another V-Strom around here, and the nearest member on this forum is about 90 miles away. There seem to be far more in northern Michigan or southern/central Indiana, but locally, just mine, from what I have seen.

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DL650 K5 - "Drachensfeuer"

DL650 K9 - "Drachensklaue" RIP 7-18-2009 with 5144 miles.
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Official Mercedes killer, lol

It was just a weird day. Whenever I ride, I rarely ever see another Strom. To see four, all riding separately, (I saw one twice to make it 5), in a span of 24 hrs was a little startling.

Oh no, I would never say the Strom sucks! I am one the bike's biggest fans. I try to steer folks towards its consideration for purchase.

The bike has proven itself to me over and over and over again. I am a loyal "groupie".


(PS: Delivering my minivan to my daughter for her to use for the summer means, my DL-650 is the ONLY vehicle that I have access to. Anywhere I go, anything I do, it's on the bike. This is the 3rd summer I have done this.)

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2007 DL-650 (111,000 + miles)
"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night"
"In most men, there lurks a lesser man, and his presence smells in the the sun."
1961, Ernest K. Gann: "Fate Is The Hunter"

Now that is a good problem to have ...

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'08 Wee

Yet, they aren't supporting this forum
I say the more the merrier!! Their is saftey (and power?) in numbers!!!

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Previous bike: 2000 Kawaski Vulcan 750 - traded for V-Strom

Off topic. Is there a big old white rooming house near the end of the main drag in downtown Bar Harbor yet? Was called Adele's Cottage years ago. Adele was crazy as a loon. Thought the Trilateral Commission was running a fog machine in the harbor to hide their nefarious activities.

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I think I'll take a nap.

Can you give me a more specific location and date? I have been here 25 years. Maybe I don't fall within the time period you are thinking about?

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2007 DL-650 (111,000 + miles)
"A word grows to a thought; a thought to an idea; an idea to an act. All the pieces are put together, and the whole is yours."
1942, Beryl Markham: "West With the Night"
"In most men, there lurks a lesser man, and his presence smells in the the sun."
1961, Ernest K. Gann: "Fate Is The Hunter"

1972. It was right off of Main Street near the water, along one of those little lanes. Near Testa's Restaurant. I worked at Lymburner Electric which was in an old building on Mt. Desert Street (I think). Been a long time. I suppose that whole area became so high priced the old "cottage" was torn down. It was a big three story home, old enough to have had electrical wiring installed that ran on insulators exposed on the ceilings (older than knob and tube - the house predated electrical wiring).

I see there is a Lymburner Real Estate at 23 High Street. I worked for Larry Lymburner. Don't know if the guy in this Google listing is him or not. Class of 1951 - too young I think. Larry was an older man in 1972.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=lymbu...fp=Q5rYJf3FIq4

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I think I'll take a nap.