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And that is absolutely fine. It all depends what you want out of touring. To me, struggling with an loaded underpowered bike is not an enjoyable way to tour. Certainly not large distances.
If I wanted to play with a 250 I'd strap it to the back of a camper, go somewhere and ride it from where I was parked. Therefore no excess weight on it when I wanted to play. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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I can understand all that but I tour, sometimes with a pillion who wants to bring enough clothes to have a different outfit every night.
So I am one of those that uses a big bike with hard luggage and have for the past 20 years or so of touring. I have all the toys, satnav, radio, heated seats etc. etc. and that is what I like. Maybe if I was in my 20's again I'd tour on something else but I'm not.
My 1800 Goldwing was probably the best bike I ever toured on, simply because the missus used to fall asleep on the back when she got bored of poking me in the ribs and asking 'Are we there yet?' ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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I`ll just leave this here
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What a big girl.
If you're determined to 'go small' then do it properly;
https://www.youtube.com/user/c90adventures/videos
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Polarbear wrote: |
And that is absolutely fine. It all depends what you want out of touring. |
And there is the rub, what you want out of touring, that said:
I have a little experience now originally touring on sports bikes around europe, so that would be the high speed runs, never dropping under 160mph for a tank, after that a XT600E to Mongolia and back and now the CRF250L from Chile / Argentina (I am now in Oaxaca, Mexico).
My experience has been that everyone does somewhere between 80-140kph on average when touring, My 250 is not particularly happy sitting at 140kph all day but it will. And it will sit very happily at 100-120kph all day and when you come to a dirt road or gravel you more or less keep going at the same pace and it takes it...
Each time i do a trip each time i tell myself next time I do it on a smaller/lighter/local bike, and this has been reflected in talking to all the riders I have met on the road with the big BMW's and large CC tourers, generally all but the hardcore wish they had something smaller and lighter.
I guess there is also a further differentiation between Touring for a week or two and multi-month/year trips.
With my fuel injected 250 and a mountain of shit strapped on the back i have very very rarely been left wanting power, except at crazy altitudes 5000+meters.
My 2 pennies ____________________ [Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16] |
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When i am back in sunny London I will do a write up, but with the exception of the shitty hard seat its been a great bike and the right choice for me.
Torres Del Paine - Chile
https://i.imgur.com/y2rF8Fc.jpg
Mt Fitz Roy - Argentina
https://i.imgur.com/TSrhTs2.jpg
Atacama Desierto - Chile
https://i.imgur.com/fkTTQnc.jpg
Salar De Uyuni - Bolivia
https://i.imgur.com/QwaPJf7.jpg
Salar De Uyuni - Bolivia
https://i.imgur.com/CsvZCPs.jpg
Somewhere on the Pacific Coast of Chile
https://i.imgur.com/zAutq3t.jpg
Medellin, Colombia
https://i.imgur.com/m4taUwL.jpg
Unloading the 250 in Panama
https://i.imgur.com/ZFq2ZGf.jpg
Oaxaca - Mexico
https://i.imgur.com/EnSxi2X.jpg[/img] ____________________ [Current Bikes - GSXR-750 K5 & C90-97 ] [Previous Bikes: Runner 125, YBR 125, GS500, Bandit 600, Hornet 600, ZX6R-99, C90-99, R1-99, XT600E-04, GSXR-750 K4, CRF250L '16] |
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Impressed ................. Pah! who needs 12000cc inter-continental 200mph tourers ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Amazing!
I can't wait to have a stab at messing about all over the place. I just need to figure out how I'm going to pay for a big long trip like that. Hence sticking to 4 days or so and in the UK
For some reason I've had it in my head for years that i want to go to Germany and maybe the Swiss alps on a trailie. For this, I blame Grenzgaenger on youtube, I used to watch their nonsense all the time when I was 15/16. My dad and I keep talking about going. Me on my MT5 and him on our C70, it'll take ages at 35mph but would be entirely worth it one day. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
Past:2003 Aprilia RS125, 1982 Kawasaki GPZ550(FREE BIKE!)
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 151 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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