Does anyone actually make a trail bike?

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Hall wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 3:21 pm Voge 300 Rally at about 4k new
Yes but looking at Nathan Millwards reviews he said it can only run on E5 fuel! That’s crazy, maybe it might be ok in France but riding through Sweden and Denmark I couldn’t find any at all so you have to be pretty restrictive on where you can take it.
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I can't think of anything new but the XR250, DR250, DR200, KLX250 all fit the bill and can be had for the money.

I would say the beta alp 200 would not be ideal 2up but the 4.0 is a great.
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Yeah I'd add the Voge 300 Rally. Just up to 4500 miles on that one I've got. It's doing the job.

The E5 situation is a potential issue. I've just done a LEJOG on it and pretty much every fill up it was E10, especially around Scotland. It ran fine on it. No discernible difference. What damage it might do long term I don't know, but it's a good bike. Very good really, especially for the price. It's a more engaging ride than the CRF300, at least as I've found it.
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nathanm wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 10:47 am Yeah I'd add the Voge 300 Rally. Just up to 4500 miles on that one I've got. It's doing the job.

The E5 situation is a potential issue. I've just done a LEJOG on it and pretty much every fill up it was E10, especially around Scotland. It ran fine on it. No discernible difference. What damage it might do long term I don't know, but it's a good bike. Very good really, especially for the price. It's a more engaging ride than the CRF300, at least as I've found it.
It would be really interesting to know why they don’t encourage E10…. Is it just that it doesn’t run so well or that they might have a problem with fuel lines or fuel pump issues?
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You can still get the old DR200 and TS185ER brand new in Kenya 8-) 8-)
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StevieC wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:07 pm You can still get the old DR200 and TS185ER brand new in Kenya 8-) 8-)
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Excuse me I just need to pop out... to Kenya to buy a brand new DR650 and ride it home...

Amazing that they still manufacture the TS185ER!
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Brenhden wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:30 am
StevieC wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:07 pm You can still get the old DR200 and TS185ER brand new in Kenya 8-) 8-)
https://www.suzukikenya.com/
Excuse me I just need to pop out... to Kenya to buy a brand new DR650 and ride it home...

Amazing that they still manufacture the TS185ER!
...euro 5 is clearly not an issue in Kenya... 8-) . Shame we have to be denied of bikes because of it :( . And, I heard at the weekend that Suzuki have given up on getting the Suzuki Jimny car through Euro 5....but it's selling like hot cakes in other parts of the world...
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Just wait for Euro 7...emissions from tyres and brakes will be counted too.

It's obvious where all this is going and why.

Meanwhile, you can still buy scented candles, 'air-fresheners' etc...and their only purpose is to cause air pollution with particles, hydrocarbons, VOCs, etc
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Richard Simpson Mark II wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:28 pm
It's obvious where all this is going and why.

Meanwhile, you can still buy scented candles, 'air-fresheners' etc...and their only purpose is to cause air pollution with particles, hydrocarbons, VOCs, etc
Don't forget the pollution from Gwyneth Paltrow's vagina scented candle... :shock: :lol:
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