Why do you have a adventure bike?
I want one as like the styling, siting position the ability to carry kit and travel gravel and an unmeatled road if I find one and of course the dream of heading down to the desert of Africa or somewhere.
But the general consensus and stories from here is that an R1 can go around the world repeatedly a cheaper small engine can also do it. Off road riding is better on a smaller engine plus your not going to trash a 7-14 grand bike.
So why have you spent a fair few grand or a bit more on a bike that has the word "adventure" hung around its bars?
Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
Cos it adds 6 inches to my ride height & suspension
If it added it to my d*ck I'd be paranoid about trapping it in the drive chain :laugh:
If it added it to my d*ck I'd be paranoid about trapping it in the drive chain :laugh:
With enough profanity, you can accomplish anything
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Richard Simpson
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Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
I wouldn't say my bike (a KTM 950 Adventure) is 'Adventure style'. It is genuinely a trail bike with a big engine and petrol tank and is very competent on any reasonably wide and unmuddy trail. It is also an easy bike to do long distance/motorway rides on because of the weather protection. I use mine year-round on the road and for trail riding on when the weather has been very dry and I'm in an area where I know the terrain won't be too challenging.
I wouldn't set off for the third world on it though: I'd want something simpler, lighter and less 'rich' looking. A DR350 with a big tank, for instance.
There's probably as many different motives for wanting an 'adventure' bike as there are different models of bike. I suspect many people who choose them have done the sports bike thing, and desire a change for perfectly good reasons...and these reasons may not include riding across the Sahara.
I'm not sure about those folks who spend a fortune on off-road/expedition type accessories and then just use the bike to ride around the local dealers on sunny Saturday mornings though...but it's up to them how they spend their time and money.
I wouldn't set off for the third world on it though: I'd want something simpler, lighter and less 'rich' looking. A DR350 with a big tank, for instance.
There's probably as many different motives for wanting an 'adventure' bike as there are different models of bike. I suspect many people who choose them have done the sports bike thing, and desire a change for perfectly good reasons...and these reasons may not include riding across the Sahara.
I'm not sure about those folks who spend a fortune on off-road/expedition type accessories and then just use the bike to ride around the local dealers on sunny Saturday mornings though...but it's up to them how they spend their time and money.
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picos mestizo
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Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
:whistle: :whistle: Making it six & a half inches long :laugh: :laugh:spasm wrote:cos it adds 6 inches to my dick
Lightness is everything.
Lightness with Grunt is a Scratcher!
An Adventure is not a tank transfer.
Lightness with Grunt is a Scratcher!
An Adventure is not a tank transfer.
Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
You've been looking :woohoo:picos mestizo wrote::whistle: :whistle: Making it six & a half inches long :laugh: :laugh:spasm wrote:cos it adds 6 inches to my dick
"The trails of the world be countless, and most of the trails be tried.
You tread on the heels of many, till you come where the ways divide.
And one lies safe in the sunlight, and the other is dreary and wan, Yet you look aslant at the Lone Trail, and the Lone Trail lures you on....
....Bid good-bye to sweetheart, bid goodbye to friend, The Lone Trail, the Lone Trail, follow to the end.
Tarry not, and fear not, chosen of the true;
Lover of the Lone Trail, The Lone Trail waits for you"
You tread on the heels of many, till you come where the ways divide.
And one lies safe in the sunlight, and the other is dreary and wan, Yet you look aslant at the Lone Trail, and the Lone Trail lures you on....
....Bid good-bye to sweetheart, bid goodbye to friend, The Lone Trail, the Lone Trail, follow to the end.
Tarry not, and fear not, chosen of the true;
Lover of the Lone Trail, The Lone Trail waits for you"
Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
Good Looking, Very Quick, Flexible, Very Now, Desirable, a Head Turner, Very Comfortable and did i mention Very Comfortable 
2014 Honda VFR1200X Crosstourer DCT Highlander
Re: Why do you have an Adventure Style Bike
Because they fit me?
To date those I've owned for significant lengths of time include:
BMW R80GS
BMW R1200GS
BMW F800GS
Triumph Tiger 1050
Yamaha XT600E
Yamaha TT600
CCM 604E
KTM 990 Adventure
Do you see a pattern here!
"Other" bikes I've had also shared the big wide bars and sit up and beg style:
Kawasaki GPz750R1 (the twin shock model)
BMW R80RT
The only "sports" bike i've ever owned was a Suzuki SV1000S, it crippled my neck and wrists so I sold after only six months.
To me an "adventure" bike is a comfy, capable tourer that'll take me pretty much anywhere I want to go, some being a bit more "adventurous" than others!
To date those I've owned for significant lengths of time include:
BMW R80GS
BMW R1200GS
BMW F800GS
Triumph Tiger 1050
Yamaha XT600E
Yamaha TT600
CCM 604E
KTM 990 Adventure
Do you see a pattern here!
"Other" bikes I've had also shared the big wide bars and sit up and beg style:
Kawasaki GPz750R1 (the twin shock model)
BMW R80RT
The only "sports" bike i've ever owned was a Suzuki SV1000S, it crippled my neck and wrists so I sold after only six months.
To me an "adventure" bike is a comfy, capable tourer that'll take me pretty much anywhere I want to go, some being a bit more "adventurous" than others!
