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Title: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: stokester on October 18, 2019, 10:00:38 PM: Richard Backus the founding editor of Motorcycle Classics has a K75.

Motorcycle Classics K75 (https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/black-side-down/looking-for-the-right-bike-zmbz19sozhur?oc_slh=f7e963ff1a5c19e085af0e85125dbc22eb4d3d6ad06c093b2534cf341b935667&utm_source=wcemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MCC%20eNews%2010.17.19&utm_term=MCC_eNewsAll%20Subscribers&_wcsid=35DD05C341FED2ABEF57B5889FDADF12EB930840264B5770)
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: natalena on October 21, 2019, 08:54:02 AM: He doesn't sound super enthused, but the brick may just grow on him.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: Rcgreaves on October 21, 2019, 04:28:14 PM: Ditto Natalena: An auto sales manager friend's frequent refrain: "There's a car for every butt".

Many vehicles are appliances, glorified go karts. My mom a calligrapher did an art piece the phrase of which encapsulates my opinion on this somewhat irritating article:
“Utility equals beauty”.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: stokester on October 21, 2019, 07:02:35 PM: Quote from: natalena on October 21, 2019, 08:54:02 AM
He doesn't sound super enthused, but the brick may just grow on him.
Me too.
When I bought my first K75 it was to replace an Airhead for my daily rider. It took a bit but I found it to be the perfect replacement.
The longer rides made me realize the comfort and long-term bike that the K75 has proven to be with its reliability and maintainability.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: Past-my-Prime on October 21, 2019, 09:58:29 PM: Do some longer tours -- say, 500 miles on a mildly twisty hilly 2-lane -- and that K75 comes into its own.

But really I can't go too far in praising it. It's my only bike and I don't have much to compare it to.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: beemuker on October 22, 2019, 06:58:56 PM: "boring". and as much personality as an air compressor ?, no soul? he needs a Hardly.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: Chaos on October 22, 2019, 09:23:25 PM: There is some validity to the K75 being appliance-like. After several decades of boring dependability I had an indescribable urge to own something that constantly needed fixing, so I bought a Ural. I have not been disappointed.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: billday on October 23, 2019, 06:50:01 AM: His other bike is a Laverda.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: Martin on October 23, 2019, 07:05:23 AM: I love my boring appliance. Best appliance ever. If I could only get it to do the dishes.
Regards Martin.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: The Mighty Gryphon on October 23, 2019, 12:44:53 PM: Ilsa, my K75RT, reminds me of my 73 year old Toastmaster toaster that just keeps on making two perfectly caramelized slices of bread every morning, a time of day when I just can't deal with disappointment.
Title: Re: K75 in Motorcycle Classics
Post by: stokester on October 23, 2019, 03:09:44 PM: Quote from: billday on October 23, 2019, 06:50:01 AM
His other bike is a Laverda.
Quote from: The Mighty Gryphon on October 23, 2019, 12:44:53 PM
Ilsa, my K75RT, reminds me of my 73 year old Toastmaster toaster that just keeps on making two perfectly caramelized slices of bread every morning, a time of day when I just can't deal with disappointment.
He also has a BMW R75/5 "toaster".