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Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 7:07 am
by gn2
Yes thanks, had a great time.
You?

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 8:01 am
by you you
gn2 wrote:Yes thanks, had a great time.

And everyone else around you?

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 9:22 am
by gn2
Yes, they had a great time too.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:37 pm
by JGC
gn2 wrote:
qed wrote:All bikes are good
Beg to differ, most of them are utterly shite.
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 on :) :) ;)

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:46 pm
by gn2
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.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 3:54 pm
by you you
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?

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:03 pm
by gn2
Yes, always.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:59 am
by Black Bandit
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 :) CHeers!

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:15 am
by gn2
Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 1:15 pm
by Black Bandit
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.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:59 pm
by you you
gn2 wrote:
Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.

Here we go....

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:01 pm
by gn2
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?
Some of the modifications I alluded to.
Black Bandit wrote:Looks pretty much an all purpose rocket.
Looks can be deceptive.
Its a pile of shite.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:03 pm
by gn2
qed wrote:
gn2 wrote:
Black Bandit wrote:It's a cross country bike designed for that!
Strictly speaking its a heavyweight touring roadbike with modifications.

Here we go....
Don't like my opinions?
Easily sorted.
Don't read them.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:03 pm
by you you
Can we close this thread?

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:36 am
by Black Bandit
gn2 wrote: Looks can be deceptive.
Its a pile of shite.
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.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:37 am
by Black Bandit
gn2 wrote:
Don't like my opinions?
Easily sorted.
Don't read them.
Nope not really :lol:

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:51 am
by Black Bandit
But don't be serious...we all need a Simon of American Idol in our forum :)

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:51 pm
by gn2
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.

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:47 pm
by you you
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

Re: From hot Florida to the coldest North Cape on motorbike

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:15 pm
by gn2
qed wrote:Same old shite
Yep, ever since the R80GS BMW have churned out the same old shite.
Just comes in bigger dollops now.