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I actually started road riding on an Aprillia rs 125 2t still got it as its next to my bed lol
Great bikes but the parts availability nightmare especially on the summer when everything shuts down not sure if it's changed now.
Hi everyone just to update the Himalayan is going back under rejection for a refund. So the natural thought was the Honda CRF 300 Rally from a reliability point of view, which I was lucky enough to source one today which dependant when the Himalayan gets collected I should have towards the end of next week or the week after.
So kudos to the dealer that understood my point of view and did the right thing an will get my custom when we look at T7's later in the year.
The plan is to run the CRF 300 Rally till winter and if it ticks all the boxes brilliant then towards the end of the year I'm gonna look at buying one T7 in along side it so dad and I can compare which to keep and what to let go so yep thats the plan.
We've also decided with the modern bikes we are gonna stick with the Japanese stuff as our two experiences of the Indian built bikes have been plauged with reliability issues 2x 390s that didn't make it to the first service service the Himalayan it's a shame as the Himmy was brilliant to ride and let's hope they sort the issues for the 450. It's a shame because it was brilliant to ride if it hadn't been for build quality and reliability.
Adv bike wise now since 2015 this is the history
R1200gsa te, (kept for 3 years an sold circa 30k) (lunched 3 engines after a dealer screw up an fd an a gearbox first day I had it the display went pop oh and esa issues and a snatchy throttle plauged it)
vstrom 1000xt felt like riding my blade but with upright bars (was really thirsty on fuel),
f800gs very bad wind management see post above for my height an loved eating headbearings, was nice though but didn't quite like the engine an super soft front end.
vstrom 650xt favourite so far sold to try lighter bikes out ticked all the boxes for my road adv riding very underrated,
390 adv x2 rejected 147 and 269 miles mine an dads due to issues with the displays and multiple other problems.
R1200gs 2018 te Rallye sold due to weight with my shoulder. Didn't have long enough to assess reliability had moved the game on from my 2014 though especially with the surging.
Himmy going back under rejection at 500 miles.
For anyone interested here's the over all history and experience since 2008 bike wise which is pretty eclectic
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