:lol:Just how many different posts do you need to sing the praises of your object du lust'?
Why don't you just bite the bullet, right the check and ride the bike?
Need? NEED? NEED? We aren't arguing no stinkin' need here. We're discussing what you want and what you think you deserve. You DESERVE the Adventure, so you should buy it. :devil: Then keep a record of the bikes you don't ride and sell them to reduce your garage number....if you want.:lol:
Must...resist...don't need....six bikes..no room....agony!
Doesn't the Adventure have a 5.8 Gal tank? Then add a Skyway cell and hit the road to Prudhoe Bay!...A fuel tank with another gallon or so would probably push me over the edge.
Nope, 3.4 gallons on this model. It's a 400#, 100 HP, designed from the ground up dirt bike with the very best suspension WP makes. Not an Adventure, no hideous attempts at a quasi faring or windshield, ect. Not that I'd turn down an Adventure but this Super Enduro R rocks. It's new this year and I'm not sure how available it is (if at all yet). But I want one... :evilsmiley03:Doesn't the Adventure have a 5.8 Gal tank? Then add a Skyway cell and hit the road to Prudhoe Bay!
See you on the trail.. Be sure to Roost TWN as you pass him on the Bavarian Twin. (hey that rhymed!)Nope, 3.4 gallons on this model. It's a 400#, 100 HP, designed from the ground up dirt bike with the very best suspension WP makes. Not an Adventure, no hideous attempts at a quasi faring or windshield, ect. Not that I'd turn down an Adventure but this Super Enduro R rocks. It's new this year and I'm not sure how available it is (if at all yet). But I want one... :evilsmiley03:Doesn't the Adventure have a 5.8 Gal tank? Then add a Skyway cell and hit the road to Prudhoe Bay!
That's fine, just don't mess up my 300 thread count Egyptian cotton lined sleeping bag doing so! :fuck: Besides, he who arrives first, buys first. :bleh:See you on the trail.. Be sure to Roost TWN as you pass him on the Bavarian Twin. (hey that rhymed!)Nope, 3.4 gallons on this model. It's a 400#, 100 HP, designed from the ground up dirt bike with the very best suspension WP makes. Not an Adventure, no hideous attempts at a quasi faring or windshield, ect. Not that I'd turn down an Adventure but this Super Enduro R rocks. It's new this year and I'm not sure how available it is (if at all yet). But I want one... :evilsmiley03:Doesn't the Adventure have a 5.8 Gal tank? Then add a Skyway cell and hit the road to Prudhoe Bay!
But you said "Monster Dual Sport" and, IMO, that's the Adventure. You want to go far, or you want to go fast and hit a lot of gas stations along the way? I want to go far. Sorry for the hijack.See you on the trail.. Be sure to Roost TWN as you pass him on the Bavarian Twin. (hey that rhymed!)It's a 400#, 100 HP, designed from the ground up dirt bike with the very best suspension WP makes.Doesn't the Adventure have a 5.8 Gal tank? Then add a Skyway cell and hit the road to Prudhoe Bay!
That wasn't a hijack, just a simple case of mistaken identity. I have my FJR for go far gas station skipping road trips. For me dual sport means something that can make it on the freeway long enough to get me to my favorite dirt riding areas and still have some gas left over. But this bad boy could actually do a Baja to Prudhoe Bay run with a little extra gas capacity. It's got no provisions for luggage like the Adventure which is fine, I've done the soft bags thing on dual sports before and I know how to travel light...Unlike my wife...did I say that out loud?But you said "Monster Dual Sport" and, IMO, that's the Adventure. You want to go far, or you want to go fast and hit a lot of gas stations along the way? I want to go far. Sorry for the hijack.
I'm sure some aftermarket will be available at some point but as of now there's pretty much no aftermarket anything. And KTM doesn't make a bigger tank.All you gots to do is buy an after market desert tank and you are good to go. No need to complain about tank size.
I hear ya and I know exactly where you’re coming from. I have four MX bikes ranging from 125cc to 426cc and even with the heaviest weighing in at about 240 lbs I can only last about 4 hours before I’m pooped. I took my fully loaded KLR650, which weighed well over 400 lbs., into places a lot of people would have trouble with a 125, i.e., Rubicon for one. It wasn’t easy, in fact it was exhausting and painful but even on that anemic POS it was fun. I can only imagine how much fun a full on dirt bike that can smoke sport bikes must be. And that’s my problem. I can’t stop imagining it.Other than being really cool, I'm not groking the utility of this Enduro model.
For a true enduro bike to be taken into nasty places, it's got 100-lbs of extra weight and 40-extra-hp that are as useful as tits on a boar. Riding one of these $13K beasts at speed on a rocky, hilly, muddy trial looks a great way to drain one's wallet and spend quality time in an ER. Sorry, I'll take a KTM 450 for an enduro bike.
As a dual-sport adventure bike to ride forest service roads, fire roads, logging trails, etc. and the pavement to get to these roads, the Adventure model makes a lot more sense. And it's got the extra fuel to allow some exploration rather than sweating gas all the time.
100-hp, 475-lb dirt bikes. Nope, just don't get it. And if I did, I'd get the HP2.
- Mark
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