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@ Bernie, PM sent, looks like a beauty

@ Vern, I love the 9T, first saw it at the Auto Show here in town, and it looks like they have been extensively modded and customized. Finding an unmodified old airhead, particularly an R65, is a challenge because so many have been Cafe'd. Which is cool, but not my thing.

@908 - the trip takes 12 minutes on an electric moped electronically limited to 30 mph, that I can tell you. I was doing that regularly before Revel, the company operating a shared moped service, paused operations due to two tragic fatalities. Hence the need for a personal machine.

The beauty of a motorcycle is the availability of convenient, free parking on either end. To use a car would require walking to a commercial garage, retrieving the car, driving, parking in a garage on the other end. As against the personal risk delta and risk to the bike of theft or damage.

@ Denis, thanks, I value your experience with all things mechanical and German.

@ Baz-- wouldn't that be just the thing for making it through traffic?

New York City at present has about 20% of the usual traffic (despite our "congestion pricing") scheme remaining in effect so riding conditions are ideal. With that said, with a return to normalcy someday the traffic will also return with corresponding hazards of many types.

THANKS for the advice so far. . .