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Adventure bikes (that stay on road) are for car drivers who want a bike. What they actually want is a powerful scooter, but they can't go that far, so a torquey bike with plenty of panniers is perceived to be the manliest alternative. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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barrkel wrote: | Adventure bikes (that stay on road) are for car drivers who want a bike. What they actually want is a powerful scooter, but they can't go that far, so a torquey bike with plenty of panniers is perceived to be the manliest alternative. |
A slightly less racist reason might be wanting a bike with: an unscrunched riding position; decent suspension travel because our roads become less roadlike every year; a screen and a bit of upper fairing for weather protection; lower running costs than a sportsbike and less to break in a drop.
In my case, it was also because it came factory lowered, so it's a short tall bike.
Adventure is the new UJM.
Although if you insist on commuting with your full Touratech enwideners on, I'll grant you that's foggitry. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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I had a test ride on Street Triple and I had mixed feelings - that was 2 years ago. But now I find myself less interested in sport bikes and I stare at naked and retro bikes more than before. In example today I sat on Street Cup and talked a lot about Thruxton which sadly was not on Triumph display during National Bikesafe & Open Roads Show today. I've clearly caught the ghey ____________________ Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke |
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ZX-7R wrote: | pig hog wrote: |
Yet to get laid as a direct result of motorcycling. |
Back in my early 20's my RG500 helped me see the aerobics instructor from my gym for a few months.She had a license and her last bike was an old slabbie 1100.She was driving an RS Turbo though at the time.
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I think I missed the one chance I might've had due to bikes many years ago. I was at the Green Gate, aka Oscar's, for the rock disco, on my GPz Turbo, and one of the hottest-looking chicks asked for a ride pillion on it. She really was knock-out, tall, slim and pretty. Took her out on it, wheelies, traffic light GP etc. I think she liked it, but I was quite shy at the time (don't think much has changed on that score), and I didn't try to 'explore' the situation ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 251 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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