No, I did manage to squeeze 300 kms (180 miles) out of a tank by taking a wrong turning on to a motorway with no exit for the next 25km (fuel light was already on when I took the wrong turning). But to be honest, with the stock seat you are more than ready for a break before emptying the tank.

Some sort of larger tank or rotopax is on my upgrade list.

I'm currently living in Belgium (must update my bio) but occasionally back in Bristol so I will look you up next time I'm there.

I had Motoz tyres front and back. Whilst they last really well and performed great off road on the tarmac they are really noisy.

Good point correlating seat comfort with fuel range.
It sure worked on my CRF250L – 120 miles before I pulled over to top up from a can. Never got sore.

Not sure if this has been posted before, here's a review of the 701 of a Dutch guy who rode it from Amsterdam to Cape Town. He had quite a few issues with it. Also some nice insights in to the dealer network.



https://twowheeledwayfarer.com/10k-r...husqvarna-701/

Sorry :offtopic: Chris what did you do to your seat

Update from me on this one.

I took the 701 trail riding (in the UK) for the first time yesterday. I am riding a long distance trial next week on it so have it shod in Pirelli MT43 trials tyres. I took it up lots of muddy lanes and rock slab hill climbs. I feel like a wreck today, but the bike was great - a good purchase for me.

As others have said this is a dual sport with a big emphasis on off road ability. It was much harder work that the 99kg trail bike i’ve been using off road for the last 6 years, but it did it all with ease in a way a road bike would not, and with 175 mile tank range, heated grips, powered GPS etc it is a bike i’d be happy to travel on. A couple of weekends ago i did 450 miles on paved roads (on the standard TKC80 tyres and it was a pleasure, albeit a sore arsed one!)

It will not be replacing my 800 Tiger for European road touring just yet (the Tiger is a way better bike for that), but for harder unpaved riding this is a bike that will do that (in a way the Tiger would not) so it ticks my ‘travel bike’ boxes.

Planning to ride the TAT on it in 2020 so will report back after that.

Sorry, did not see reply. I got off the bike every 120 miles to fill up.
Small tanks save sore arses.

Wrt 701 - some may know there a 701 LR out now with 25 litres of fuel (below).
That will really be a crippling range ;-)
All it needs is a decent fairing and we have a new 640 Adventure!

Tried a 2nd gen 701 on Morocco the other month.
Much smoother than the 1st gen jackhammer I rode.

I was in Kelowna in September or October and they had one of these at $10,000 cdn. They really wanted to get rid of it. It seems to me it is an increible deal.