Street Tracker/Off-roading a road bike?

Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

I like the look of the various 'street trackers' from the like of Deus Ex Machina.

Has anybody built an off-road-lite variant of a road bike like the old British Scramblers?

eg. A GS500/GPZ500/Goldwing with knobblies, high bars, big suspension etc?
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Like this or maybe this?

yen_powell · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Karma :

https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/yen_powell/cx500enduro.jpgPicture taken in 1991 at the kent Custom Show. One of a matching pair. The rider went for a blast over a ploughed field and fell off.
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Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

Haha. I wasn't actually expecting to see any Goldwings.
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truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

I don't see any goldwings?
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Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

Ah no. It's a CX500 Wink

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yen_powell · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Jun 2008 Karma :

There was a 6 cylinder Kawasaki 1300cc trail bike conversion in a magazine years ago. Some bloke who worked in a breakers had bodged different forks and wheels onto it. It still looked like a tank though.
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Smooth · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Karma :

I was thinking more along the lines of an XR1200, but not based on a 1920s bike that weighs about 2 tonnes.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload/211995/images/Harley%20Davidson%20XR1200.jpeg
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I'm with Ste on this.
However, a couple of manufacturer designed bikes:
CCM FT35:
https://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/CCM/CCM_FT35_d3-016r.jpg
Highland Flat-tracker:
https://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/Highland_Dirttrack.jpg
I don't know if this was ever built, but the specs looked good with their 85hp light weight 950cc twin and a claimed 129kg weight..

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Mystery · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Karma :

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That's less than a 125. Shocked

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yeah but look at it theres nothing on it other than minimum frame work, engine, wheels and forks lol
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

About the same as a reasonable performance 125 - I really can't see any excuse for most 125s to weigh much more. My KTM690 has a 'real' no-fuel weight of 138kg (well, a bit more now I've farkled it).
The highland adventure bike is a claimed 166kg, which does compare quite favourably to the BMW 1200GS being, I reckon (figures available I don't entirely trust) well over 50% heavier.

Dr. DaveJPS · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 May 2008 Karma :

seems highland are still going (even if they have stopped the big supermoto game)

https://www.highland.se/index.asp
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

That was my point - it's not the extras, it's the heavy basics are the issue.