Tell me what bike ?
Hi I have posted a few stories and questions in the HUBB, I may have posted my last one in the wrong place ( I, m not really that techno) , well what I would love to hear is the following.
Does anyone have or had the following bikes
1. Yamaha TDM 900
2. KTM 990 SMT
3. Triumph tiger 1050 sport
( all of these bike fit into the Sports touring cat, ) I presently own a 2011 Triumph tiger 800 , non XC model, a Aprilia 650 pegaso, and a Suzuki DRZ 400 e, im trying to sell the Tiger and the aprilia, the Aprilia has only 10000 kms on it , the Triumph 14000kms , the Aprilia was my wifes , but she is not interested in riding, and frankly I don't like ths tiger, my last bike was a 955i tiger ( loved it ) , the 800 doesn't handle as well , ON ROAD , and not enough power. There is no bike that is a true off/on road , the only bike that comes close is the Suzuki DR 650 , I use my DRZ for going mad in the bush, If I drop it " I don't care " , as it's hard to break , and lets face it that what it was built for.Most Adventure big tourers would break alot off plastic and other things ( that's expensive) were the Dr 650 will still go hard in the bush, and handle the highway quite well., so in my opinion the only close all rounder.
Well getting back to my original point , the bikes above, ( I do not won't to hear of other bikes please and I have done my research and that's the final list ) I believe you need to bikes one for full on off road, ( like my DRZ ) and one of the above for 90% on road and 10 % of road. ( thats lite of road to) dirt roads and at most good fire trails.
So can you guys and girls that have owned one of the above bikes , and hopefully done lots of kms let me know the good and bad of these bikes.
Thanks
Tiger68
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