Originally Posted by
MarkH
So, for anyone that likes the ST1300 but doesn't own one - mine is now for sale.
I still love the bike, great sports tourer and master of eating all the kilometres you let it. But I'm now switching to an adventure tourer, CRF1000L DCT to be exact. I need to shift a bike or two first though and I also need some money to put into the new bike.
A couple of years back I considered selling both bikes to get the Africa Twin, but I decided that I trusted the ST1300 more for racking up a lot of kms. On the USA forums they claim that an ST1300 should good for over 1/4 million miles with no engine work, that's pretty hard to beat. Now I've switched to driving a car to work and no longer run up the large amount of kms per year, so changing to the AT DCT is much more viable.
I've really enjoyed the ST1300 + DR650 as a really great combination, between them all sorts of riding is well covered. But now I have a car + 2 bikes and all are registered and insured, that gets a bit pricey! So I'm looking to combine the ST1300 + DR650 into one bike and 1000cc is halfway in engine size, the AT is in between the 2 for weight and for speed and power. The DR650 would be a bit better off the road and the ST1300 would be quite a bit better on sealed roads, but I'm willing to compromise between the two to save $520 per year on rego. My main use for a bike will be touring around NZ and I'd like to incorporate gravel as needed, the AT should be able to get me almost anywhere that I'd look to travelling.
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