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I'm home from our annual family weekend ride, this time on SE Michigan's Pioneer Wine Trail. Merlin performed like a champ, as always, keeping up easily with my husband's, sister-in-law's, and brother-in-law's big Harleys. Through brutal heat and heavy rain, she performed perfectly. I fall more in love with this bike every time I ride her. And I have the great people on this forum to thank.
Merlin in the rain, July 2016, Jackson MI
Merlin in the rain, July 2016, Jackson MI
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2019 MP3 500hpe Sport
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Sounds like it was fun. We have had nothing but rain and overall miserable weather here in Southern Germany, so riding has been minimal for me. Boo!!! Looking forward to some possible decent weather after today before I go on vacation, so here is hoping the weather shapes up some. May actually take my chances and ride since the rain is supposedly scheduled during the day and stop when I leave to go home. We shall see.
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even in the rain, Merlin is beauty ...
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Re: Another lovely weekend on my MP3!
Carolan wrote:
I'm home from our annual family weekend ride, this time on SE Michigan's Pioneer Wine Trail. Merlin performed like a champ, as always, keeping up easily with my husband's, sister-in-law's, and brother-in-law's big Harleys. Through brutal heat and heavy rain, she performed perfectly. I fall more in love with this bike every time I ride her. And I have the great people on this forum to thank.
You can't beat the MP3/400...
One of my Favorites...
I may pick up a used one one day.

Keith,
Marietta, GA
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2007 GTS
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Glad you had a great weekend with Merlin.
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2019 MP3 500hpe Sport
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Re: Another lovely weekend on my MP3!
klaborde wrote:
Carolan wrote:
I'm home from our annual family weekend ride, this time on SE Michigan's Pioneer Wine Trail. Merlin performed like a champ, as always, keeping up easily with my husband's, sister-in-law's, and brother-in-law's big Harleys. Through brutal heat and heavy rain, she performed perfectly. I fall more in love with this bike every time I ride her. And I have the great people on this forum to thank.
You can't beat the MP3/400...
One of my Favorites...
I may pick up a used one one day.

Keith,
Marietta, GA
You would take a 400 over your 500...that being outside of your oil issues?
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MP3s give better rain/cold protection than any MCs w/comparable height windshields.
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Re: Another lovely weekend on my MP3!
new200guy wrote:
klaborde wrote:
Carolan wrote:
I'm home from our annual family weekend ride, this time on SE Michigan's Pioneer Wine Trail. Merlin performed like a champ, as always, keeping up easily with my husband's, sister-in-law's, and brother-in-law's big Harleys. Through brutal heat and heavy rain, she performed perfectly. I fall more in love with this bike every time I ride her. And I have the great people on this forum to thank.
You can't beat the MP3/400...
One of my Favorites...
I may pick up a used one one day.

Keith,
Marietta, GA
You would take a 400 over your 500...that being outside of your oil issues?
That would not stop me...
It's all how you manage an issue, and deal with the design flaws.
Not take over, I would like to have one of each...
250, 400, and 500...

Keith,
Marietta, GA
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Cooking hot in central IL this past weekend, Vespa and I went to Springfield IL for some errands Saturday afternoon, and she did great, got some compliments from a couple guys on full dress Honda's when we got gas. Sunday I took the Rebel to Jacksonville to check out a warehouse store and see what they have available, ate out and came home, so both rides got to go play and I had a lazy weekend.
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