"I also sampled a short dirt section. Frankly, anything more than that would have totally trashed the bike."

Extracted from the road test and about sums it up, non switchable ABS seals the deal.

Pity really, as I always thought the Strom had potential, a bit of stripping down, DRZ front end and you had a capable mid sized bike, a couple of Two Wheels journos punted them around Aussie a while back and they survived ok.