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Which ADV Tourer? BMW GSA vs Super Tenere?
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<blockquote data-quote="hppants" data-source="post: 1400520" data-attributes="member: 27852"><p>I think "Adventure" is in the eye of the beholder and the biggest factor in considering one bike v/s the other (in this general market) is WEIGHT. Sure, I've seen the videos and I've read enough over at ADV Rider to know that a stubborn enough rider can take a 600 pound, 100 horsepower motorcycle on a 150 mile single track trail on a rocky mountain range in the middle of the rainy season. But my (limited) dirt bike riding experience tells me that what they are not showing or telling you is that they are working their ASS off doing it. They are falling left and right and killing themselves trying to lug that big pig in and out of hell. At the end of the day, they are dog tired and beat and worn thin.</p><p></p><p>I think you start by defining precisely how much off road you want to do.</p><p></p><p>Hard packed and graded gravel roads that really just connect one paved road to the other?</p><p></p><p>Forest Service roads that are rutted up by logging trucks</p><p></p><p>The occasional groomed forest trail that is only about 5 miles long.</p><p></p><p>The "bucket list" trail that runs hundreds of miles from sea to shining sea</p><p></p><p>I want to blaze my own trails and go wherever the hell I dam well please.</p><p></p><p>The farther down the list you do, the lighter your bike has to be. This is coupled with your thoughts on how to get to the off road stuff. Are you going to ride it cross country to the head of the Dalton Highway? Or are you going to trailer the bike to the park parking lot?</p><p></p><p>Riders get too mixed up in engine size. In the woods, 35 mph is FLYING.</p><p></p><p>I'm 99% certain that when I retire to the mountains, I'm going to buy a used dual sport. It's going to weigh about 300 pounds full of fuel. We'll start there and see how I like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hppants, post: 1400520, member: 27852"] I think "Adventure" is in the eye of the beholder and the biggest factor in considering one bike v/s the other (in this general market) is WEIGHT. Sure, I've seen the videos and I've read enough over at ADV Rider to know that a stubborn enough rider can take a 600 pound, 100 horsepower motorcycle on a 150 mile single track trail on a rocky mountain range in the middle of the rainy season. But my (limited) dirt bike riding experience tells me that what they are not showing or telling you is that they are working their ASS off doing it. They are falling left and right and killing themselves trying to lug that big pig in and out of hell. At the end of the day, they are dog tired and beat and worn thin. I think you start by defining precisely how much off road you want to do. Hard packed and graded gravel roads that really just connect one paved road to the other? Forest Service roads that are rutted up by logging trucks The occasional groomed forest trail that is only about 5 miles long. The "bucket list" trail that runs hundreds of miles from sea to shining sea I want to blaze my own trails and go wherever the hell I dam well please. The farther down the list you do, the lighter your bike has to be. This is coupled with your thoughts on how to get to the off road stuff. Are you going to ride it cross country to the head of the Dalton Highway? Or are you going to trailer the bike to the park parking lot? Riders get too mixed up in engine size. In the woods, 35 mph is FLYING. I'm 99% certain that when I retire to the mountains, I'm going to buy a used dual sport. It's going to weigh about 300 pounds full of fuel. We'll start there and see how I like it. [/QUOTE]
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