Adventure bike recommendations?

[Bikemad]

Howdy all...........have been watchin some footage of a bunch of guys,The Great Amigos,riding the south island back roads and Doc trails and thought i might have a crack at that myself soon and was wondering what bike you experienced guys would suggest.
Cheers in advance yall

[pete-blen]

The two that jump to mined...
DR650 or KLR650..
Suzuki DR a good basic , bullet proof bike..Main stay of the adventure mob...
Kawasaki KLR A bit more roady.. but just? as good...

Yamaha XT660R..good bike..but I had to spend a few $
on mine to get it as I wanted it...
Honda XR650 prob the best dirt bike of the jappers
if you don't mined kick starting a 650 single.....
Also the Yamaha XT600 Theres still a few later model ones around &
cheaper rego....
Theres lots of others... just depends how
much & type of off road rideing you intend
to do...

I stuck with the 600/650 range because of there abillity to cover
the black boreing bit to get to the fun bits...

[Bikemad]

cheers for the reply Pete..............would like to stay under the 10k mark and there does seem to be a good range on trade me
was thinking smaller than 650 for fuel econamy reasons but being that i weigh in at 120 kg then the weight of my riding gear and luggage starting to think a 600 or better is probably the go

[pete-blen]

cheers for the reply Pete..............would like to stay under the 10k mark and there does seem to be a good range on trade me
was thinking smaller than 650 for fuel econamy reasons but being that i weigh in at 120 kg then the weight of my riding gear and luggage starting to think a 600 or better is probably the go

In that case look at a Yamaha XT600... cheaper rego..
fuel econamy wise my XT660 dose 2km per l more than
my XR250..

[Voltaire]

.............would like to stay under the 10k mark

.....but you were too broke to do track days...or are you going to flick off your wop bikes.

[Bikemad]

.....but you were too broke to do track days...or are you going to flick off your wop bikes.

wash ya mouth out boyo.........back to work in a couple of weeks
and might be selling the pilot as well..........just negotiating the money now

[thommo77]

Plenty of BMW 650 Dakar's etc on Trademe at present.

[pampa]

Bmw g650x challenge ligther than Dakar by 50kg and more HP
Good torque
Second hand r within your range and r better platform than many

Engine is very good

Anyway my 2cents

[Bikemad]

Plenty of BMW 650 Dakar's etc on Trademe at present.

yeah i thought the yella one with the Ali panniers seemer pretty reasonable for the $

[Bikemad]

Bmw g650x challenge ligther than Dakar by 50kg and more HP
Good torque
Second hand r within your range and r better platform than many

Engine is very good

Anyway my 2cents

cheers man.........all info appreciated

[socialites]

cheers for the reply Pete..............would like to stay under the 10k mark and there does seem to be a good range on trade me
was thinking smaller than 650 for fuel econamy reasons but being that i weigh in at 120 kg then the weight of my riding gear and luggage starting to think a 600 or better is probably the go

For under 10k you could own a brand new out the box DR650 2012, as well as get it adventurised with a big tank, bashplate, skidplate, carrier, fatbars, hotgrips, aftermarket pipe, carburettor conversion, airbox mod, windscreen, comfy seat..etc....etc.
Cant understand why one would buy a secondhand bike unless totally opposed to buying a DR.

Just a thought anyway.

[Bikemad]

For under 10k you could own a brand new out the box DR650 2012, as well as get it adventurised with a big tank, bashplate, skidplate, carrier, fatbars, hotgrips, aftermarket pipe, carburettor conversion, airbox mod, windscreen, comfy seat..etc....etc.
Cant understand why one would buy a secondhand bike unless totally opposed to buying a DR.

Just a thought anyway.

cheers for ya thoughts socialites..............not oppossed to the DR at all and never bought a new vehicle.............can you point me in the direction of a shop that'll do all that.........might go have a chinwag with em

[socialites]

cheers for ya thoughts socialites..............not oppossed to the DR at all and never bought a new vehicle.............can you point me in the direction of a shop that'll do all that.........might go have a chinwag with em

Give us a txt/ring on 021 2745617 if you will and I point you in that direction. I would prefer not to advertise it here as I dont want to spoil my chances with the supplier, but I have got a number of people onto the DR at that cost.

[Moki]

Give us a txt/ring on 021 2745617 if you will and I point you in that direction. I would prefer not to advertise it here as I dont want to spoil my chances with the supplier, but I have got a number of people onto the DR at that cost.

Whatever you get, make sure you can pick it up when you dump it. It's about that time you start thinking less is more

[Bikemad]

Whatever you get, make sure you can pick it up when you dump it. It's about that time you start thinking less is more

cheers Moki...........bike sorted.......got a new DR comin with some good basic mods.....cheers Paul....shame they don't do a good catholic girl mod to go ridin with