When is an adventure bike just another road bike?

[Gremlin]

I think "All road" is more appropriate for the big adventure bikes & my mid weight wannabe.

I hardly think marketing could sell all road bikes to the posers wanting adventure bikes

[idleidolidyll]

Nice Buell Blast George!

I just sent the Poms an email asking if they could sell me a kit to make one of those out of my wifes standard one!

A TeDiuM eh? I heard they go OK. That's definitely as good as mine as an adventure bike!

I'm slowly (glacially) trying to adventurise my TDM because I've ridden every inch of tarmac in my region. It's brilliant on the tight, twisty, haha, gotcha! surfaced roads up here & a hoot on gravel, shakes it's butt better than the dog. The ergonomics are spot on standing up & the suspension adequate if I keep the wheels on the deck.
It's too heavy & the plastics to fragile for anything more than beaches or 4wd trails though & the pipes to low & sticky out for water or bush.
Now that I have thought about this it crossed my mind to sell it & get a DT230, my partner could use it for her licence & it would take me every where I have not been yet + I have a hankering for another 2 stroke.
I think "All road" is more appropriate for the big adventure bikes & my mid weight wannabe.

[cooneyr]

....many that aren't even gravelled, and some are no more than tracks on a bit of paper......

About 56000kms of unformed legal roads somebody reckons. Thats one hell of a lot of adventuring to do.

I for one love taking my 950 to off road places most wouldn't. To get to the latest gem I had to ride 2.5 hrs of highway, 50 or so km of gravel then open a paddock gate to get access to a paper road and go over a 1400m high mountain pass with scree, large rocks, stream crossing, mud etc. A road bike could do the seal, but thats it. A dual sport everything but with less comfort. A trail/enduro bike the mountain pass and destroy your arse on the road if regoed. The big adv bike just does it all. End of story.

I'm still really not sure why I'm selling the beast!

[idleidolidyll]

I hardly think marketing could sell all road bikes to the posers wanting adventure bikes

I was gonna complain that you called me a poser but I called myself that in the first post didn't I!

Yeah; marketing. Gotta sell it as some image even if it's all bullshite

[idleidolidyll]

Wow

You're my hero of the day!
So adventure animals do exist

About 56000kms of unformed legal roads somebody reckons. Thats one hell of a lot of adventuring to do.

I for one love taking my 950 to off road places most wouldn't. To get to the latest gem I had to ride 2.5 hrs of highway, 50 or so km of gravel then open a paddock gate to get access to a paper road and go over a 1400m high mountain pass with scree, large rocks, stream crossing, mud etc. A road bike could do the seal, but thats it. A dual sport everything but with less comfort. A trail/enduro bike the mountain pass and destroy your arse on the road if regoed. The big adv bike just does it all. End of story.

I'm still really not sure why I'm selling the beast!

[Waihou Thumper]

I'm still really not sure why I'm selling the beast!

Cos you have a lovely little rug rat/scone grabber!
KTM's will always be around and when she turns 18...Head on out to re-explore NZ...and then organise more dusty butts...

[_Shrek_]

About 56000kms of unformed legal roads somebody reckons. I'm still really not sure why I'm selling the beast!

coz you know you realy need a Gs to do it right

[_Shrek_]

Maybe I should get myself invited on a ride to see what it's all about. The Granpasso has 27 liters and I could put knotholes on..........

well the DBK1 is on the 22nd & 23rd but we meeting friday the 21st for a BBq etc...

bring ya 27lt Granpasso & see if ya can keep up with a beached whale

[_Shrek_]

So adventure animals do exist

old man range one of our play grounds, your more than welcome to come & play nice huts, & places to stay

[Taz]

Ain't got it no more. Went lighter. It was way too limiting trying to adv ride the 11GS

[_Shrek_]

Ain't got it no more. Went lighter. It was way too limiting trying to adv ride the 11GS

take off the toy tyres & you have a way differant bike

[Motu]

Some people certainly take those big adventure bikes off road,but it's not for me.In the '70's,'80's and '90's I had trail bikes,and they went on and off road....but we don't talk about those bikes anymore,they didn't exist.

So I've had Adventure bikes in the 21st Century - the XLV750 was far too big for a puny guy like me to take off road,as I found out several times.So I worked my way down to the DT230,which was far more my size off road.

I have a few problems with the adventure thing,the main one being I'm not at all sociable,and organised events with lots of people is somewhere I don't want to go,I don't belong there.The other thing is I like to ride off road on off road bikes,a lardy street bike is too frustrating,why not just use the real thing.I enjoy my twinshock trials,I get to ride places you wouldn't take an off road bike,and so it satisfies my '' I just can't do this,it's too hard and I want to go home'' need,I work harder with more accomplishment...in short,it's fun.

I've been riding loose metal for 40 years,every single bike I've owned (lots) has been on gravel roads...it's just my medium.So I decided to do what I always do with any bike,ride on loose metal roads....and made a bike to do just that.I don't have to pretend it's an off road bike,but I can pretend it's a road bike - dual purpose from the other end of the street.

It's just another road bike,but it goes all the places ''adventure'' bikes go in the real world....on all roads.

[cooneyr]

Cos you have a lovely little rug rat/scone grabber!
KTM's will always be around and when he turns 18...Head on out to re-explore NZ...and then organise more dusty butts...

Corrected. Not waiting till he is 18. First bike as soon as he can fit it PW50

well the DBK1 is on the 22nd & 23rd but we meeting friday the 21st for a BBq etc...

bring ya 27lt Granpasso & see if ya can keep up with a beached whale

We need some good photos of "inappropriate" bikes in the right place. Make sure you take your camera

[_Shrek_]

We need some good photos of "inappropriate" bikes in the right place. Make sure you take your camera

that wont be to hard bound to be an ironing board or two (Dr650's) & a KTM 9fiddy

be asured camra will be on board

[Crisis management]

I'm mildly irritated with this thread and the implication that we have to justify our choice of bikes and riding, it's the same old shit which permeates this (and lots of other forums) in the form of keyboard penis waving.
I actually don't care what your riding, or where you're riding, as long as you are happy doing it, any ride can be an adventure, it's dependant on your skills and the particular things you find challenging. To me this is the joy of adventure bikes / riding, just having fun and laughing at the results, as soon as someone sets themselves up as god and starts telling me how I measure up I would rather just go for a ride.




So, I'm taking the 640 for a bash up Muriwai and the north west later tomorrow and the 200 to Woodhill on sunday if that's ok.