Did you test ride, PP?
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Contemplating a new ride for 2020. Suggestions?
- Thread starter PrivatePilot
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Did you test ride, PP?
My wife wasn't even there, so yeah, there's that. We were there the week before Sturgis which is why it was quiet, and if you'd actually ever been past your local Tim Hortons on your bike, much less to Sturgis, you'd know where that sign is located is actually waaaayy off the strip so yeah, at 7PM at night when the coffee shop the sign is located at is closed, yep, it was nice and empty which made for great photos.
Come on, is that the best you've got?
Maybe we'll see you around Timmies with your all HD friends
Or not,
Enjoy!
I avoid Tim Hortons like the plague. Aside from their dirty dishwater coffee, I am definitely not a Hortons Choice parking lot poseur member. If I do go there it's for a piss break and little more. Only for actual coffee out of sheer desperation.
On pIckup day. Road conditions not good enough yesterday.
Like I stated earlier my buddy loves the first season so far on his Vaquero so I'm sure you'll be happy with the model you chose and your needs from it.
Thx. I also have a friend on a Vaquero and he seems to love it. I do actually like the style of the fairing on it a little better (sans foglights) but I really wanted the full dresser this time around - he took it out west to do route66 last summer and I know storage was a big issue for him.
Mad Mike
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It amazes me that baggers don't have a lot of storage. I think a Vaquero is 19+19=38l, a Voyageur adds another 50 for a total of 88l -- factory bags and topcase on a Vstrom are 30+40+42=112l. Same goes for fuel capacity, 20 l is gonna go about 300km, on a Vstrom (same 20l capacity) gonna provide a range of 470km.
The vaq and voyager side bags are 38L each and the voyagers top box is 50L. 126L total .
Most guys report getting around 38MPG (6.1L/100KM) with 40 (5.8) pretty easy to hit in secondary highway (IE, not 401/interstate) riding, so with that 20L tank, yep, between 300-325KM
However most Vstrom guys show an average of 48MPG (4.9L/100KM) so 470KM is pretty optimistic, more like 375 realistically, 400 if you're cruising on fumes. It is of course a much smaller more aerodynamic bike, so that's not surprising in comparison however.
Most guys report getting around 38MPG (6.1L/100KM) with 40 (5.8) pretty easy to hit in secondary highway (IE, not 401/interstate) riding, so with that 20L tank, yep, between 300-325KM
However most Vstrom guys show an average of 48MPG (4.9L/100KM) so 470KM is pretty optimistic, more like 375 realistically, 400 if you're cruising on fumes. It is of course a much smaller more aerodynamic bike, so that's not surprising in comparison however.
Iceman
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Congratulations! Nice looking bike, I'm sure you'll love it. Bring on the summer!
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Mad Mike
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Kawasaki VN1700 Voyager
Motorcycle Specifications Overviews and Road Tests
www.motorcyclespecs.co.za
Check out the "integrated Luggage" section. I can't copy/paste from that website for some reason, but all the different websites have the same stats - 38L each and 50L top box, which reportedly holds 2 full face helmets easily.
I can attest to the side bags being sizeable.
Another review mentioning 38L
2009 Kawasaki Vulcan 1700 Voyager/Nomad Review
If the slumping economy's got you down, maybe it's time to pack up a motorcycle and head out for a soul-satisfying road trip. Kawasaki has its new Voyager ready for your long-haul adventures.
www.motorcycle.com
Compared to the 24L factory bags that were on my VTX they alone are a big improvement for storage, not to mention the top box.
Yes, I'll probably still end up with a small bag strapped to the passenger seat for super long trips, but anything under a week now shouldn't require much.
156L storage capacity on the Victory Cross Country/Magnum with the tour top box. Most of the time I only needed my side bags as they were huge.
22L fuel tank would get me well over 400km on a tank (and usually closer to 500km).
Extra bonus is it wasn't as hideous as a Vstrom.
Mad Mike
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I hear you on that.
Look at the upside of riding a Victory Magnum -- you'd only see the tail lights of a Vstrom -- and only for a few seconds till it was out of view.
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must be winter....
Some guy didn't wave at me when he rode past me earlier.
I swear on synthetic oil, the guys who use non synthetic are tools.
Loud pipes save lives.
My iPhone is better than your Android.
Harleys suck and break down.
Metrics are cheap pieces of junk.
BMW riders are all manbun sorts.
Tim Hortons coffee sucks.
Stupid lazy millennials.
I'm offended because of something something or something.
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Some guy didn't wave at me when he rode past me earlier.
I swear on synthetic oil, the guys who use non synthetic are tools.
Loud pipes save lives.
My iPhone is better than your Android.
Harleys suck and break down.
Metrics are cheap pieces of junk.
BMW riders are all manbun sorts.
Tim Hortons coffee sucks.
Stupid lazy millennials.
I'm offended because of something something or something.
Don’t forget the advantages of dark siding it! Lol.
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Morrissey
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Wow! Exhausting playing catch up with this thread but it ended how I figured it would. You're like me, too much of a Japanese fanboy to end up on a Harley. The japanese bikes are just too reliable, too affordable and too good to pass up when you let the big head make the decisions. I guessed you'd end up on the Voyager when you started this thread. IMO, it's the top Japanese bike in the segment and ticks off the most boxes you laid out at the start. I'm not a big cruiser, vtwin tourer fan but if I were looking for that type of bike the Voyager would be top of my list. Well, maybe second behind a really well maintained Valkyrie interstate. You'll be racking up the miles in style and comfort as soon as the weather changes. Enjoy!
GTAM in a nutshell.
bigpoppa
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He forgot burgman and trail bike posts
Picked it up on Tuesday. Got tired of waiting for a weather window so a buddy trailered it home for me.
Got out for a ride yesterday evening for about 20 minutes. Just far enough to shake everything down and get a feel for it. So far I'm loving it.
Looking forward to a longer ride come Sunday - forecast is looking solid.
Got out for a ride yesterday evening for about 20 minutes. Just far enough to shake everything down and get a feel for it. So far I'm loving it.
Looking forward to a longer ride come Sunday - forecast is looking solid.
Morrissey
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Nothing beats GIVI luggage. I had E41 side cases and a V46 top case (128L) on my Bandit 600. I swapped the V46 onto my ST1300 but I still don't have as much as I did on my Bandit. The factory panniers on an ST are 35L each and the shape, while much more pleasing to the eye, is less convenient than the Givi cases. Factory luggage will never compete with bolt-on aftermarket luggage because the factory luggage always take style over substance while Givi just makes enormous cases that bolt on and don't really worry about the looks.
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