super moto V traillie

[steveo]

I have started looking recently for a change in bike and quite like the look of an off road style bike - especially as I have picked up a few too many points on my licence!

Dont get me wrong, i basically do 100 percent commuting on my bike, and the only mud it will hit is that which has been dropped on the road by a local farmer!

Basically I was wondering what the difference is with the above two catergories. It seems that bikes like Duke II and CCM R30 are put in a different class to bikes like the Yamaha XT660R but i cant quite see why, they both look like road bikes, long service intervals etc... (also the difference between the XT660X and XT660R - Yamaha's website onll list the R but autotrader also have an X model!)

ANyone help out with this, would be much apreciated, its all so confusing to me!
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2003 - SV650S - SILVER

[garth]

Depends if you're talking commpetition 'moto, or road 'moto.

Xt660xyz whatever is a road bike. Something like a Husaberg or similar is a 'crosser, with road wheels and stupid service intervals, something you don't want for commuting.

Sounds like you want a bike that is slow to save your license. A road going Xt can still break the speed limit, and an Sv isn't exactly the fastest bike in the world. Sounds like you need to teach yourself to be more restrained!
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[garth]

Oh, and X has a 18" rear wheel and a 21" front, for dirt tyres.
R has 17" wheels for better choice of rubber for the road.


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