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Old 03-12-2008, 10:27 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by chipj29 View Post
I am trying to convince my wife that I need to pick up a new-to-me BMW R1150RT. My angle is gas mileage. Bike would get over 40mpg. My car only gets 30mpg. Think she will go for it?
Make sure the bike does not have a history of transmission input shaft/clutch hub failures. Quite a few those did and it's expensive to fix.
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