Thank you everybody for the welcome :cheer:

Now don,t buy the africa twin xrv650 they are a good bike also, but the twin cdi boxes are under the seat and can get damaged by the weight of the rider over time. Thats my 2 cent worth anyway. XRV650 a better bike in my opinion :whistle: Thank you , i think that honda XR 650 R( the new one with wa...

sorry, i did no see that you were looking for tips when buying a bike, well here is one or two small ones. Start the bike let it warm up a small bit, then turn it off and wait a minute then start the bike again and as soon as the bike starts rev the throttle hard look at the colour of the smoke com...

hello and welcome. if you are looking for value for money. Wait, and get yourself a good old africa twin xrv750, these are probably the best adventure bikes ever built and can be got for the right money these days. Now don,t buy the africa twin xrv650 they are a good bike also, but the twin cdi box...

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Lairyskippy wrote:XR650L....... With a hoofin great big tank

Something like this?

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I love that bike , proper desert flying machine :woohoo:

Welcome , from a new member

That was very generous of you , thank you .

Wow , that bridge looked deadly :unsure:

Sometimes the underpowered bikes are the best fun

Hello everybody , i am about to buy KTM 640 next weekend , the last time i have owned a bike was about 6 years ago ( zx9r ) I am going back to the enduro roots ( first bike was yamaha dt 80 - short lived adventure , engine died on me after about 2 weeks :whistle: and the suspension was a joke , next...