Agree about storage-always got changed at other end and had soft shoes etc, plus towel etc if by the sea.
Can't see the point in going somewhere just to preen and then going home again-like Matlock...
Maybe I am just old 
Nope, when i took the Yam out to a bike day, when i got there, i thought what the fook do i do with my jacket and helmet? It was a hot day, i had to carry the lot around all day in my bike gear, was horrible.
GS pulled up beside, off came all bike gear, into a box, jeans and t-shirt on, and away......
That, and Long Way Around did it for me
I sold my RT in 2006 just as Long Way was out-if anything it put me off as anyone could go anywhere on anything with that support crew. Plus I cannot stand whingeing Charley Boorman at all.
Fact is that many bikers would be better suited to a BMW bike than their Ninja Mutant Hero Turtle nonsense.
No-one on anything fast ever left me on the RT-I had years of experience and confidence, plus the high riding position gave me better ability to see further ahead and plan better, the comfort helped me concentrate harder, the telelever and ABS gave me more confidence; you could ride hard to a professional Roadcraft system and so even if they pulled away on a straight, you'd pass them on the next complex series of bends due to better experience and planning.
Hugely entertaining watching the "born again biker" on the Blackbird or 'Busa failing to leave you, then pretending to relax and enjoy the scenery after a few miles
This is why I liked the BMW RTs enough to have 3; low maintenance, great back-up, proper luggage and enough grip and go to infuriate the plastic rockets
I never laughed so much
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