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**Turbofurball** · #1 13 Jan 2025

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Originally Posted by badou24

At the start of this blog , i asked do we need a 120hp bike ................. NO...........
Now you can buy a 170 hp .... sounds to me a 100hp too much !!

Depends on what you want to use it for, I had an R1 for a whole 3 months, went for a track day at Silverstone and the bike was well suited to it. I sold it after, and had far more fun pushing a 70hp bike riding to it's limits instead.

**badou24** · #2 13 Jan 2025

you have a point ..................
1 is a sports track bike
2 the " other " is a sensible adventue " type " bike !!

Oh.... isnt it about time we all had some type of suitable form to what we all see as "off road" bit like a ski run Black .... red etc.
that way we can judge what people see as an " off road " track

**Homers GSA** · #3 14 Jan 2025

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Originally Posted by badou24

you have a point ..................
1 is a sports track bike
2 the " other " is a sensible adventue " type " bike !!

Oh.... isnt it about time we all had some type of suitable form to what we all see as "off road" bit like a ski run Black .... red etc.
that way we can judge what people see as an " off road " track

Which returns us, neatly back to the start.

"Adventure Bike" is simply a very clever marketing ploy.

Teapot One had an adventure on a GSXR1100.

Ed March on a C90.

Both laughed their was around the world, smiles on their faces. They sure as hell werent concerned that their chosen bike met the approval of others.

Just ride what YOU want.

Like these adventure bikes …..

**9w6vx** · #4 14 Jan 2025

Agreed, ride whatever bike you want.

I like to fly and ride and for my rental bike I choose a scooter if it is available.
In SEA countries, you do not need a big cc bike to travel.
Around 150cc onward is sufficient.

And to be honest when on a rental scooter, when you wave at a fellow biker decked in riding gear on a big bike most of them will not acknowledge a little scooter even though i am decked in riding gear. ha....ha....

The exception was in Japan, when you wave at a fellow biker most of them will wave back or they will wave at you first.

**Homers GSA** · #5 14 Jan 2025

Hey brother.

When did you ride Japan? I did three weeks last year mainly Shikoku and the Wakayama Peninsula.

Had a ball. Hope to head over for a month in September.

We actually found a decent dirt road on Shikoku too! The onsen was at a campground in Wakayama.

Cheers

**AnTyx** · #6 14 Jan 2025

I used this Kawasaki V-Strom 250 for the Shikoku inland mountains in April 2024. Absolutely lovely bike and an excellent adventure. 20k yen for a two-day rental out of Takamatsu, including insurance, helmet and pickup/dropoff in the city center!