I rode a mate's one of those. Insane wheelie machine (with wheelie control turned off somehow) I got back to where we met again gabbling. He said " you don't have to ride it that way" yeah. You kinda do.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
I was surprised on my very first trip to GP's in Europe 2005, the trend of big nakeds !!!!! and street fighters !
Everything I thought, was sport bikes, not so in Europe !
And so we have what we have now.
You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
During an enforced break I've been having impure thoughts of adding an eighth bike, (because n+1). An 800DE would be snazzy. But realistically I idly
gazed on 390 (same shop here). Currently not as dirt focused as I'd want. But the 400 is due next year and they might give it a 21" front wheel version.
The lads have big (800ish) adventure bikes, and they virtually all have DR650 for when the rides get stickier.
A KTM400 would probably put out same cruising power as a prehistoric DR and be more nimble.
The 690 is nose bleed tall. If they position the 400 as dirt capable but smaller and with ok range there .may be a good bike there.
Ha. 890 adventure just turned the corner outside cafe window.
So you can still buy a quanto expensive euro sprotbike (TM Hitcher) but the rest of us need to get our thrill 'Adjacent '
Sidenote: buy a trials bike. You know you've always wanted a go. They are actually lots of fun.
You can fit them on a towbar racking you don't have a trailer or van.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
I was in at CMG recently talking to Elliot about this, and he mentioned the new CFMoto 450 twin ADV bike coming out soon. Seems like it might be a good candidate for me. Somewhere around 10-11k new.
https://www.advpulse.com/adv-news/cf...ike-announced/
You know you can lower them ? having done a 400 km ride on one a few weeks back I am now trying to intimidate the owner into selling it to me
The DR650 on the same ride was smoother and slightly nicer to ride but also felt a lot heavier and not quite as good at the more off roady stuff
My favourite game... if I was to replace x with y, what would y be, or should I get a or b, why. Back to three now, four proved too much, so well done on seven!
I definitely can't have sportsbikes, had one a while ago, nope, can't be trusted to behave on it, just too easy to be naughty. Tried a Tuono v2 before the first lock down and into the midst of lock downs. You always remember the good stuff, not the bad. It was cramped, and when I hit reserve at 155km, it was the final straw. Actually, it had one last surprise for me, heading to Hamilton to test sit/ride it's replacement, it stranded me in Huntly. No test ride and a recovery truck back to Auckland.
Traded on (another) adventure bike. I like long travel suspension and the ability to take any road I like...
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
I do like practicing self-control riding a thou. A friend and I went over to the West Coast a couple weeks back, sat at 'possible ticket' speeds and it felt great to not worry about having to consider walking for the next 3mths.
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