Why an R1?......

[waynecoluk]

Ok I want to start off by saying that I'm not having a go at these guys im just curious as to why.

I went to the NEC on Wednesday and bought Nick Sanders autobiography. I also got another a couple of little books and got a couple of DVDs thrown in. I watched the DVDs yesterday and thought why an R1? Why any sportsbike for that matter to go around the world, Americas etc. I know some people will say because they can but it still doesn't make any sense to me.
An adventure style bike will be more comfortable, economical, reliable, have a bigger tank range, get more kit on etc.
It does prove you can have an "adventure" on any bike but still can't understand why?
He is sponsored by Yamaha so presumably has access to the 1200 Tenere and he can't do 180mph everywhere so why?
Like I said watching DVDs like this is inspirational and I'm not having a go just why a sportsbike when it would seem pretty much everything else would seem like a better bet.

[bond_yzf]

Suppose to prove it could be done

And this is nick sanders he's not exactly run of the mill

[waynecoluk]

To be honest after to seeing him at the NEC and watching the DVDs he does seem a bit......eccentric... Would that be the right word without being offensive?

[bond_yzf]

Completely and I doubt nick would take offence to anything

And he doesnt prance about in funky overalls

[Treadtrader]

It's great that the UK still produces these eccentric adventurers.

Nick Sanders has certainly done some great adventures, but is an astute business man too.

Plus he's not the only one to do trips like this on an R1.

http://www.sjaaklucassen.nl/index.php?lang=en

Featured in the latest ABR mag.

[cozmo1589]

Good luck with the dvd's. I bought a bundle off his stand and only 2 of them played properly. The rest jumped and skipped about. Poor quality that's been experienced not just by me but by others too :-/

[mark1150]

Before the R1 he made a previous trip on sports or sportsesque Triumph.
And before the Triumph I believe he used a push bike.
I guess that they must have suited his needs at that time, worlds fastest circumnavigation?
Plus I think back then the "Adventure" market wasn't as we know it today.
The other thing of course is that he did do it on a sports bike; I doubt that he would be remembered for doing it on an accepted adventure type machine.

[Rhys]

Because he can. The unsuitability of the bike was probably the whole idea I bet his back is f*cked now though.

[Redmurty]

To be different enough to attract sponsors

cheers Spud

[iffy]

Why not, maybe it wouldn't have been so much of a challenge for him if it was easier ? also the 1200 tenere wasn't out then, having said that he has done a trip on the 1200 recently


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