Quote:
Originally Posted by gatogato
I was wondering when someone was going to mention Long Way Round in this thread. Surprisingly, it took a while.
the R1200 is a great bike on the highway, or a great 2 up bike, but isn't really suitable for off road other than riding off the highway and onto the dirt to get to your tent spot. I think a lot of R1200 guy's decided to downsize in cc's because they are getting older and the R1200 is a heavy and tall bike.
Most people who own 1200cc motorcycles hardly ever put any miles on them anyway.
|
Couple of things.
Pick the correct tool for the job. Here in Australia 60% of our roads are dirt, which is over 550’000 kms ….. (like 300k miles?)
And most of your big cc bikes, GS, AT, Vstrom, super tenere etc are usually sold with reasonably high mileage. Simply because for touring here they make sense.
Like my low mileage GSA
Which I sold, for the very reason you suggest - too heavy with a knee replacement. But gosh darn i miss it.
|