gn2 wrote:I was thinking along the same lines.
A pair of throwovers, plus a bigger bike to throw them over.
Touring on a PCX?
You would have to be mad.
Nah. Not really. I know people who've toured on 50cc scooters. And hey, people tour all over the world on bicycles. It's all relative. You don't need a big honking 700cc maxi-scooter to tour. Heck, touring on a PCX is fun. I did all over Taiwan. Now that I'm back in the states, I wanna get a PCX to ride all over America on. Sure they aren't as big & comfy for long rides as those huge touring bikes are...but they're fun. Plus I'm an ultra light packer. I've travelled all over the world and have gone from using 110L backpack plus a daypack....to just using a 44L daypack for all my gear when I go on long overseas trips or hikes.
But its totally cool to feel that the PCX isn't the scooter for you for long trips. I admit, it'd have its challenges. Personally I've always found challenges part of the fun. But again, that's me.
If someone expects to do alot of offroad riding on long cross country trips, then yeah...that might be too hard on a bike like the PCX, and you'd be risking major breakdowns. But if you planned on keeping to the small back roads mostly with some freeway here & there. Why not? :-)
I wanna just take some clothes, my eno hammock, my iphone for pics, my gopro for video & my ipad to edit videos on and that's it. Simplicity at its finest. Ride cross country, taking pics & shooting video. Meeting some cool locals along the way. Stopping to sling my hammock btwn 2 trees at night to sleep under the stars. Rock & roll. Can't wait.