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<blockquote data-quote="Khunajawdge" data-source="post: 919614" data-attributes="member: 159"><p>I'm tall @ 6'2" on a good day, so either of these bikes would do it for me. I'm having some neck and wrist issues riding my '05 FJR lately, so I've been riding my experimental Suzuki DL 1000. Me likes how the experiment is going so far, and I have purty much split my riding mileage this year between the 2. I'd love to find a way to keep the FJR but unless I lose 80 lbs. and take more anti-inflammatories than I think I should(?), then a more up right, Adventure bike to upgrade both the FJR and the Zook (with their aluminum frames), will be my next ride.</p><p></p><p>In a choice between these 2 above, I do like the steel spoke wheels on the Super Tenere, but I'm not sure that a steel frame is necessary for "forgiveness" on a large trailey? The steel frame, aluminum spoke wheels on the Explorer seem to be more like the BMW GS packages. There must be a reason why these bikes are built (including the GS) with a steel frame, even though they are heavier than aluminum No?</p><p></p><p>I did find this reading interesting in regard to the Tenere.</p><p></p><p>"The frame is steel rather than aluminium - a lost opportunity to reduce some of that weight, perhaps, but then steel is tougher in high-shock situations, so it makes the Super Ten a better bike to lay on its side."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Khunajawdge, post: 919614, member: 159"] I'm tall @ 6'2" on a good day, so either of these bikes would do it for me. I'm having some neck and wrist issues riding my '05 FJR lately, so I've been riding my experimental Suzuki DL 1000. Me likes how the experiment is going so far, and I have purty much split my riding mileage this year between the 2. I'd love to find a way to keep the FJR but unless I lose 80 lbs. and take more anti-inflammatories than I think I should(?), then a more up right, Adventure bike to upgrade both the FJR and the Zook (with their aluminum frames), will be my next ride. In a choice between these 2 above, I do like the steel spoke wheels on the Super Tenere, but I'm not sure that a steel frame is necessary for "forgiveness" on a large trailey? The steel frame, aluminum spoke wheels on the Explorer seem to be more like the BMW GS packages. There must be a reason why these bikes are built (including the GS) with a steel frame, even though they are heavier than aluminum No? I did find this reading interesting in regard to the Tenere. "The frame is steel rather than aluminium - a lost opportunity to reduce some of that weight, perhaps, but then steel is tougher in high-shock situations, so it makes the Super Ten a better bike to lay on its side." [/QUOTE]
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