Why are all you ex DR650 owners selling your 9x0s?

[Tony W]

Some of us in HB are wondering.

[bart]

Hey Tony, long time no see.

[cooneyr]

Me - cause we now have a "little person" (read sleep depriver) and my pillion is no longer able to join me out and about any more. Also I'm not getting anywhere near as far away from home any more.

Its an absolutely awesome bike for touring the SI and getting into the back country (the rougher the better) but for 1/2 days out the river bed or local trail ride it doesn't really work. It was a decision that took over a year for me to make and I'm still not entirely comfortable with it! I'm aiming for a completely different bike, a 450EXC to trail ride locally and do the occasional adv ride. No point in going back to a mid size adv bike - the 950 works perfectly well for that.

[Tony W]

Hey Tony, long time no see.

Yeah Bart, too long.

[dino3310]

i cant afford one yet

[marks]

the urge to take a cheap shot at both dr650 riders and ktm v-twin riders is almost overwhelming...

[bart]

the urge to take a cheap shot at both dr650 riders and ktm v-twin riders is almost overwhelming...

Don't you mean 'ex' DR650 riders? Some of us know perfection when we ride it, and don't need to change to a 9x0.

I couldn't touch the ground on one of them anyway.

[clint640]

There can be many twists & turns on the road to moto righteousness, many have seen the light & abandoned their sinful Suzuki ways, but then, in travelling the true path into the orange paradise have been dazzled by the awesomeness for a time, before following the good vibrations to the adventure motorcycling nirvana that is the LC4. Amen.


Clint

[marks]

There can be many twists & turns on the road to moto righteousness, many have seen the light & abandoned their sinful Suzuki ways, but then, in travelling the true path into the orange paradise have been dazzled by the awesomeness for a time, before following the good vibrations to the adventure motorcycling nirvana that is the LC4. Amen.


Clint

stop ya waffling you orange zealot

obviously riding that paint shaker for so many km's has blended your brain to mush

where's the 640/690 comparison you promised ages ago???????

[Crisis management]

There can be many twists & turns on the road to moto righteousness, many have seen the light & abandoned their sinful Suzuki ways, but then, in travelling the true path into the orange paradise have been dazzled by the awesomeness for a time, before following the good vibrations to the adventure motorcycling nirvana that is the LC4. Amen.


Clint

Never a truer word.........


In answer to the original question, lovely bikes but too big for me in NZ conditions.

[Monstaman]

to the adventure motorcycling nirvana that is the LC4. Amen.


Clint

... said with not an ounce of bias

[cooneyr]

There can be many twists & turns on the road to moto righteousness, many have seen the light & abandoned their sinful Suzuki ways, but then, in travelling the true path into the orange paradise have been dazzled by the awesomeness for a time, before following the good vibrations to the adventure motorcycling nirvana that is the LC4. Amen.


Clint

Awesomeness is just too awesome for the mortals and vibrations makes the weak wimper. Only the enlightned real men know the true path aye

[ducatijim]

GOD, there is some bloody mindless, boreing, bang my head against a fuckn brick wall, waffling shit on the Adv thread.

[cromagnon]

GOD, there is some bloody mindless, boreing, bang my head against a fuckn brick wall, waffling shit on the Adv thread.

It is a ktm thread....

[dino3310]

Awesomeness is just too awesome for the mortals and vibrations makes the weak wimper. Only the enlightned real men know the true path aye

arent you selling yours, but you do own a XR so i wont give you shit

GOD, there is some bloody mindless, boreing, bang my head against a fuckn brick wall, waffling shit on the Adv thread.

is that before or after your post