Pedro Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 I'm pondering buying another bike in a year or so, according to whatever goes on with the GS. While I was having a glass of wine before dinner I saw something on instagram, followed a link, and asked for a slot for a testride. Now, following Pete's trend on shit threads, what will it be? Hints, it's not any BMW but it's from a manufacturer I like with a dealership in Porto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Just now, Pedro said: I'm pondering buying another bike in a year or so, according to whatever goes on with the GS. While I was having a glass of wine before dinner I saw something on instagram, followed a link, and asked for a slot for a testride. Now, following Pete's trend on shit threads, what will it be? Hints, it's not any BMW but it's from a manufacturer I like with a dealership in Porto. Some version of a Tiger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, XTreme said: Some version of a Tiger! There's only one Tiger I'd like and it's a 1200 rally, but something about them don't inspire me at all. I don't think that style of bike should be more than 2 cylinders, and the fact they are making the engines lumpy just to fake a different architecture is something I dislike. I also don't really like their dealerships and service in Portugal. Any small part can become a problem, and brexit isn't helping. So, no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Tong Tong Golden Dragon Special 1650cc adventure touring edition... Â 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Tym said: Tong Tong Golden Dragon Special 1650cc adventure touring edition... Â 1650 in chinese horsepower means competitor to the Honda CB500X, which is a fine bike, but no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Pedro said: There's only one Tiger I'd like and it's a 1200 rally, but something about them don't inspire me at all. I don't think that style of bike should be more than 2 cylinders, and the fact they are making the engines lumpy just to fake a different architecture is something I dislike. I also don't really like their dealerships and service in Portugal. Any small part can become a problem, and brexit isn't helping. So, no. Some POS Ducati then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Scrambler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 18 minutes ago, XTreme said: Some POS Ducati then! 1 minute ago, Tym said: Scrambler? Don't see a suggestion there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Im not much for testrides takes me 10 years to get used to something before i start feeling comfortable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Pegaso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Yamaha 700 or a Honda Africa Twin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Ktm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel le Moose Fondler Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 A harley... Pan cake American? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 10 hours ago, Buckster said: Pegaso. No, rode one already. 1 hour ago, yen_powell said: Yamaha 700 or a Honda Africa Twin. The yamaha doesn't captivate me at all, for some reason. The Africa Twin does, but it's not it. 1 hour ago, Six30 said: Ktm Nope 30 minutes ago, Marcel said: A harley... Pan cake American? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Marcel wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 What are the chances of it pouring oil all over the garage floor, maybe we can narrow the manufacturer down? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Just now, yen_powell said: What are the chances of it pouring oil all over the garage floor, maybe we can narrow the manufacturer down? My best guess is its a Harley at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 minute ago, yen_powell said: What are the chances of it pouring oil all over the garage floor, maybe we can narrow the manufacturer down? I'm not bringing in the garage, so none After having a sit on the Ducatis, and the KTM, and the T700, they're just not a bike I'd get on and ride on a trip instead of my current GS except to keep miles of the GS. I'm curious about the Harley, it's a brand I like and must be a really strong engine, it's chain drive though, and ugly as all hell. But I'm curious to see how good it is. Can't imagine it's better than my bike in anything except having more power, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Chain drive is amazing they go 20k miles now. Dirt cheap to fix compared to a shaft and dont introduce odd torquing forces that requre German engineeers to fuck up and "fix".  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 I will be interested to see what the second generation is like, the first misses the mark on few details. Placement of the battery is a hard no for me on an adventure bike and centre stand operation is flawed. The area behind the front wheel seems very messy to me on looks but it general it looks like a great bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, Tym said: Chain drive is amazing they go 20k miles now. Dirt cheap to fix compared to a shaft and dont introduce odd torquing forces that requre German engineeers to fuck up and "fix".  Not to say I won't have one again, but I dislike them compared to a shaft drive. The cleaning, the spraying and then having shit flinging all over the place, carrying the lube when out on long rides, etc. Of course when a shaft drive fails it really ends a trip, but nothing is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Buckster said: The area behind the front wheel seems very messy to me on looks Yes, completely ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymwitch Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 CF Moto 800 gt 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Pedro said: I'm curious about the Harley, it's a brand I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 49 minutes ago, gymwitch said: CF Moto 800 gt 7 minutes ago, XTreme said: Yes, I like Harleys. Really do, but I don't think I'd enjoy riding a proper one on the kind of roads I like touring on. Even compared to my bike they're so massive. The thing with a GS is that because of the front suspension and the way it copes with forces, they can use a very aggressive trail angle without having instability like what would happen with the same angle on a conventional fork. This means that you can have what looks like a big bike but with a very short distance between axles and an agile behaviour without being unstable and too aggressive. Looking at big Harleys they just look too big and long for me to enjoy riding over tiny roads. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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