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My off road riding is very very tame compared to what you I or anyone with a true dirt bike or even an XR650 or 690 enduro would do. But it’s more than I was willing to do on a Road Glide or most would do on a naked or sport bike. But every one of these locations also involved a hwy or...

The guy I purchased my Road Glide from had bought it from Mackie. He paid $14,000 for the bike $3500 for an extended warranty that covered road side assistance and towing to nearest Harley dealership. Unlimited Km tire to tire for 5 years. At that time the bike was 8 years old with 70,000km. I...

So if big expensive bikes are on the decline and people want cheap. Are we seeing the same trend in cars and trucks. I don’t think so. It seems cars and truck people are gravitating to luxury. I can’t believe how many loaded up $75,000 pick ups are in my neighborhood being used as family cars...

If I could I would lesson the compromise. KTM 790R with TKC 80 tires and soft luggage Ducati Multistrada 1260S with touring package and sport touring rubber

And that sums it up right there. The level of sport you require will leave no room for compromise. Where as I do not require knee pucks on any bike. My chicken strip game is stronger than Popeye’s

I disagree it’s a compromise not smoke and mirrors. I would not trail ride my Harley or a sport bike. I would not ride my Harley around twisties as fast as the KTM I would not travel 800km rides on a dirt bike Just because your in dirt doesn’t mean you need to be airborne. Ideally you would...

I could see that coming from sport bikes. Even in sport my bike can wallow a bit in the corners. They are a compromise after all. All though I think if you were to test out a Multistrada, Tiger, or S1000xr from the slightly higher end you may have had different opinion of the segment. the...

Fully faired bikes are quicker to wash and wax so you can get to a parking lot really fast to talk about how fast you ran through the forks. ?jk

That makes it sound like a lot of smoke and mirrors. Like every adventure rider thinks they are the next PD racer or world traveler like Ewen and Charlie. Although my skills are not yet we’re I want them. I’m using my bike for all intended purposes. I will ride dirt trails, hwy, back roads...

When I rode the R6 it was just disappointment. It was only enjoyable going way faster than I should. When I ride the MT09 I love how light flickable it is, the low down power is adequate. Over all very good experience that can last most of a day trip. My 1190 Adventure has all the power I could...

Please elaborate ? share What didn’t you like about the F800GS? Was it under powered? Bad ergo? What type of ridding did you ask of the bike?

The Adventure market is such a strange place. Originally I would have said with it was the crossover point of dirt and touring With dual sport being the cross over of dirt and sport. And Sport touring blurring the line between Sport and well touring as the name would indicate. But I definitely...

That is decent looking. Kinda like a jacked up tuono. I’ve never seen one in person ever. They must be fairly rare?

I’m thoroughly enjoying my 2015 KTM 1190 adventure. I mostly stick to street but will take the odd day to hit mostly back roads and rail trails. Hardly ever use my aluminum tool box panniers. Just a hard ktm power parts top box That looks like a black and orange turtle up there. It’s not an...

I read somewhere KTM canceled the RC8 because they didn’t feel it was right to build street legal race bikes. Yet then proceeded to build a 1301cc super naked with 180hp WTF

That is another very very hot bike.

The new Panagali V4 is an absolute work of art. I mean that is probably about as good as any motorcycle could possibly look. As long as I could remove those stupid looking winglets. I’m not going fast enough to need them anyhow. And why are they on the street fighter that just looks silly too.

Ive spent a little bit of time on a Multi 1250S and lots of time chasing it. what an ugly yet beautiful machine. Your absolutely right. It does everything well. btw No offence I think all adventure bikes are ugly.

See when selling the Harley I was also faced with the wife. She really didn’t like the sport bike idea and nakeds to her we’re still sport bikes. was very hard to get a green light on a super naked 1290cc bike referred to as the Beast. So I compromised further still and bought a big dirt bike...

I wonder if he’s still alive? Have to think it’s only a mater of time that close to the edge.