I have an engineer friend. Every time I see him, his BMW is torn apart in his garage.
I'm not sure that that's the primary function of a motorcycle.
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I'm not sure that that's the primary function of a motorcycle.
Mad Mike
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I guess I'd fit into the eastern view of a motorcycle. I run around town on a 125CC enduro, there is nowhere I can exceed 70kmh in town. I can steal a cup of fuel from my lawnmower and ride for 1/2 hour.
Work is 20 minutes away, some of that on the 404 so I need something that can comfortably run at 130 but still be nimble enough for the city parts of the run. For that I use a 650 (unless I'm late, then I go to a 1300).
bigpoppa
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Maybe hes just a tinkerer, some people need to tear everything apart and fix what isnt broken
Some of their bikes looked nice imo. I had a K bike and it was no duc but it was nice to look at. I liked the C but highly disliked the look of the RT.
What bike have you got?
I know he's been gone for quite some time. I read GTAM daily, but must have missed the fuss. What happened?
you know what, i was never able to figure it out. something with @Wingboy
Coles notes he got pissy when it was suggested that CMA is useless because they sanction his trials event they are great and must not be criticized.
Sent using a thumb maybe 2
aahh, I KNEW he was a troublemaker...
An Ossa trials rider showed up at his Arden event with his 12yr old child. The child rode the event without a cma license which is required. Trials submitted the scorecard (he could have just thrown it out) and the young rider was banned from cma competition.
Trials thinks that the Ossa rider is me.
I have never been to his property. And have never met him.
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For the record, Trials is not banned. He left, on his own, having been called out concerning the situation described above.
caje
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Even the middle weights are quite heavy. A T7 is 450lbs and when you add the crash bars (OEM 11lbs), skid plate (Camel ADV 7lbs), hand guards, etc, you're looking at 470lb+. And that's without any luggage. It's progress but they're still pigs.
I'd really like to see more competition in the lightweight ADV segment. Right now it seems like the Versys X 300 and the KTM 390 Adv are the only real options if you want something that's actually capable of long highway stints (sorry RE Himalayan and CRF300 Rally) that's still decent in the dirt.
<300 lbs wet weight
>400 km tank range
Good power for both hauling luggage, passing trucks on the interstate and putting a smile on your face
Good ergos for highway and dirt
Maintenance intervals measured in kms not hours
Cheap to buy and maintain
Unfortunately unicorns don't exist.
>400 km tank range
Good power for both hauling luggage, passing trucks on the interstate and putting a smile on your face
Good ergos for highway and dirt
Maintenance intervals measured in kms not hours
Cheap to buy and maintain
Unfortunately unicorns don't exist.
KTM 690 with a rally tank? Not sure how it would be on the highway though.
They're pretty good on the highway actually. Well over 300 lbs. though, and I wouldn't say cheap either.
Really the only impossible dream from the list is under 300 lbs.
Truer words have never been spoken.
This is my light dual-purpose bike:
Street legal. 250 lbs. 40hp. A juicy power-to-weight ratio for the trails. 130 km/h on the highway all day.
I even got some luggage for it, 40L of carrying capacity.
Have I done 500km days on it?
Yes, but I didn't like it...
What bike is that?
Husqvarna FE501 IIRC.
EDIT:
I didnt' recall correctly that is the orange cousin. KTM 500 EXC-F
As a designer I appreciate form following function but sometimes bmw just does stupid stuff. Three buttons to operate the signals when everyone else uses one for example or one of my favorites was the folding key because it was in the wind on a headlight ear instead of out the wind where most others put it.
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