At least 90 percent of adventure bikes are actually the sport tourers now.
At least 90 percent of adventure bikes are actually the sport tourers now.
You don't want the 21" front unless you're actually adventure riding. You can feel the difference in handling, and your tyre selection doesn't have a lot of strictly road tyres. 19/17 will be as far as you want to go, as the Road 5 for example comes in a 19", and the 21 is often quite skinny (90/90), further compromising road handling. When we're running knobblies, that isn't as much of a factor...
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
Thanks Gremlin,
You have probably hit the last nail in the coffin on this one, for me.
the 21” wheel and the price for the Electronic Suspension version really blew me away.
looked at Australian prices and thought, yeah $ conversion and some extra work etc.
so looks like I will be keeping the old girl for a while yet.
the 21” wheels has had me at a loss.
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My 390 Adventure only has 19" front and it's fine on gravel and bloody excellent on DRY seal. Still shocks me the lean angle and spped it will hold in a curve.
Happiness is a means of travel, not a destination
I'm loving my '98 XF650 as well. Comfortable and set up for me and me alone. Great weather protection, light as hell and plenty of power for everything apart from drag racing. Which is no problem as I don't do drag like Luvaboy does
I'm with Caseye 100%.
I've been away for a while and in that time I got old. I've traditionally had a large capacity sport bike and a dirt bike in the shed. Now the sport bike thing doesn't do what it used to for me. Hurts my ass, knees and wrists. After much procrastination, I purchased a new AT adventure sport. It's as comfy as the lounge chair, handles well for a farm bike and still has cool shit like quickshifter etc. AND I can hoon on gravel. I did the Coro loop on saturday including a blast over the 309. What a hoot. Anyone that says you can't pedal a bike with a 21" front wheel needs to come out with me on this thing.
My job has become more office based and I am starting to notice the lack of physical exercise.
The sportstourer although comfortable isn’t as enjoyable as it used to be, lack of use etc has not helped at all.
Been looking at AT and similar bikes, but always shied away from the 21” wheels on the road.
will talk to the Honda dealer, I mean Caseye and get the low down.
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