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see, don't need a monster size highway burner or 'over the top' adventure bike to 'get out there' ...just GET OUT THERE! Eve's carrying capacity is amazing for a 1235mm (4') wheelbase, she's designed for (as the service manual states) 286kg (630.5 lbs)..sure, no major highways where I live (cc is too small) but where's the fun on those slabs!

For a jaunt 'up the hill' to lake Tahoe...
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King of bikes, numero uno, the one before whom all other bikes must bow, the original and best, the only one that meets the true design design of a proper overlander, ladeeeees and gennelmen, I give you ..............my 34L
That looks like the 55w dick
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2012, 1300 Pan European for me. A little heavy to push but once moving surprisingly agile

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My new ride...Soo freaking excited.



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2007 KTM 950 Super Enduro
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see, don't need a monster size highway burner or 'over the top' adventure bike to 'get out there' ...just GET OUT THERE! Eve's carrying capacity is amazing for a 1235mm (4') wheelbase, she's designed for (as the service manual states) 286kg (630.5 lbs)..sure, no major highways where I live (cc is too small) but where's the fun on those slabs!

For a jaunt 'up the hill' to lake Tahoe...
I almost forgot...I just finished this: it's been in storage since my motorcycle accident in 2011, got it tuned up and making it a traveler...not expensive by any stretch of the imagination, heck I don't even know if I'd like going out this way...but may as well give it a try.
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When this thread started I think I had a Raleigh chopper and a few others of you were scooting Fred Flintstone style (OldBMW was NewBMW and TouringTed was ExodusEd ), but winter 2015 will be based on this





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(OldBMW was NewBMW and TouringTed was ExodusEd )

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Life's too short to go back through the cobwebs of all 250+ replies but I don't think I've thrown my 2p into the fountain before - there's no blue tick next to the topic anyway - so here's what I'm trundling around on at the moment. Very much horses for courses -

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My mid 70's Suzuki 125 at a campsite in France last July



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My CCM 600 single in the French Alps a few years ago (I've posted this one before but annoyingly I can't find any of the more recent pictures)


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My 1800 Gold Wing on a dirt road near Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A DRZ it's not, but it does have its good side. For anyone who's interested I'm currently writing a review of what it's actually like tour on and I'll post it up as soon as it's finished.


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My old 400/4 Honda. I only really use it for dry days in the summer (otherwise the plug leads short out (typical 70's Honda)) but several hundred miles in a day is easy enough if the sun's out. Again, the more recent pictures seemed to have vanished so this old Alpine one is the best I can find.
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That looks like the 55w dick
Stubby seat, upright tank graphics, Showa forks (low axle mounting) also internal snail chain adjustment, also no plastic front disc guard.

Its 100% 34L Tenere.

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first bike on tracks a 500 XT' 1U6 80' ; trail : 19Mkm in Africa
rest of the time YAM' and SUZ ' roadbikes and one aprilia shiver, now a MV Brutale
rolling again in Morocco, 35 years after ,on a 400 DRZ
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People who have BMW, think they are the best thing since sliced bread. But talk to the people who fix them, and horror story's come out one after another. You woun't get these story's from the people who sell them. From clutch changes that need the engine taken out, to drive trains Totally destroying bike's. Give me a chain drive bike any time. If it breaks the chances are it can be fixed by some local bike garage. A drive train, on the other hand, Could see you waiting until a bit is sent to the garage. And you can guess which one is going to cost less.
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I know this quote is old, and i think people should choose what they like and good luck to them. Nevertheless I thought I'd just mention that my old GS PD is approaching 400000 miles and is still on its original final drive, my brother's R100RT is over 200000 miles and is still on his original shaft and final drive, my friends R80/7 is over 100000 miles and still on its original shaft and final drive, another friend has 2 Guzzis both over 100000 miles, still on their original shafts and final drives.
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1100 was a great bike. The 1150 was transitional. Cheap shocks and crappy final drives. 1200s is when they fired all their good engineers and quality control advisors and put the accountants and marketing departments in charge..

From someone who earned a living in a dealer fixing them for two years. The water cooled ones are even worse. On par with Chinese scooter quality if I'm honest.
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