From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike
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Yes thanks, had a great time.
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Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike
gn2 wrote:Yes thanks, had a great time.
And everyone else around you?
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Yes, they had a great time too.
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Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike
As has been stated elsewhere on here, each to hid own. What makes a good bike to me might be a piece od sh*£e to someone else. Each one of us is an individual and have widely differing perceptions of which bikes we like or don't like. Personally I won't knock a bike I haven't ridden and therefore feel I'm not qualified to comment ongn2 wrote:Beg to differ, most of them are utterly shite.qed wrote:All bikes are good



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I don't believe its necessary to ride a bike to know whether you like it or not.
Plenty bikes ride well yet are still piles of shite. In my opinon of course.
Plenty bikes ride well yet are still piles of shite. In my opinon of course.
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gn2 wrote:I don't believe its necessary to ride a bike to know whether you like it or not.
Plenty bikes ride well yet are still piles of shite.
Incredible. Do you ever read what you post?
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Yes, always.
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Regardless, as you mentioned earlier "each to his own" we all have different styles of what we ride. For instance, I remembered reading on some blog about the BMW GS1200 Adventures that were used in the Long Way franchises that they were the WRONG bikes for the job. In some case I have to agree and disagree.
Agree because those bikes sure are heavy. The weight alone...wow.
Disagree because of the name and purpose "ADVENTURE". It's a cross country bike designed for that!
You can use any bike thats parked in your garage right now to travel around the world and don't need a big ole fancy tourer like the GS or KTM Adventure or Honda Goldwing to get the job done. As long as your having fun, that's all that matters.
In my Honest Opinion
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Agree because those bikes sure are heavy. The weight alone...wow.
Disagree because of the name and purpose "ADVENTURE". It's a cross country bike designed for that!
You can use any bike thats parked in your garage right now to travel around the world and don't need a big ole fancy tourer like the GS or KTM Adventure or Honda Goldwing to get the job done. As long as your having fun, that's all that matters.
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Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
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Then what's with the soft rear suspension, the long travel front suspension, the motorcross front fender and the stock handguards that are strictly for OFF-ROAD bikes?
Looks pretty much an all purpose rocket.
Looks pretty much an all purpose rocket.

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gn2 wrote:Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
Here we go....
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Some of the modifications I alluded to.Black Bandit wrote:Then what's with the soft rear suspension, the long travel front suspension, the motorcross front fender and the stock handguards that are strictly for OFF-ROAD bikes?
Looks can be deceptive.Black Bandit wrote:Looks pretty much an all purpose rocket.
Its a pile of shite.
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Don't like my opinions?qed wrote:gn2 wrote:Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
Here we go....
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Can we close this thread?
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But the KTM has a proper adventure bike that does a better job from what I know, right? That's a real offroad on roader.gn2 wrote: Looks can be deceptive.
Its a pile of shite.

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Nope not reallygn2 wrote:
Don't like my opinions?
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But don't be serious...we all need a Simon of American Idol in our forum 


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Anything that is marketed as an "adventure" bike is a pile of shite.
All you need for a proper adventure is an old 125 and Mongolia.
All you need for a proper adventure is an old 125 and Mongolia.
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gn2 wrote:Anything that is marketed as an "adventure" bike is a pile of shite.
All you need for a proper adventure is an old 125 and Mongolia.
Same old shite
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Yep, ever since the R80GS BMW have churned out the same old shite.qed wrote:Same old shite
Just comes in bigger dollops now.
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