Looks like there are a few 'light' adventure bikes coming along and they all seem utterly pointless, why does a 300cc bike need to weigh more than a KTM 690? Even the existing CRF250L outweighs a 690, giving one third of the power. They all outweigh the BMW X-Bikes, substantially less power.
The only advantage I can see is maybe cost, if these bikes are dead cheap then I guess they make a kind of sense - the 690/701 is dammed expensive.
It's like the manufacturers have finally heard the call for lighter adventure bikes but for some reason ran off at 45 degrees to the sound of the noise. They are getting closer, but they'll never actually get where we want them to come to.
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[ Tim | History - NW Italy/French Rivera, Swiss Alps, Morocco | 2016 - Greece > Albania > Macedonia > Kosovo > Montenegro > Bosnia > Slovenia > Austria ]
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