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Originally Posted by RachelAnne
Able to take a few knocks without costing 3 figures to replace a fairing side that the bike would look awful without. It's also about having a bike I can pick up off the road if it falls over - which I can't with the Pan (much as I love it).
I don't want to intentionally go off the road or even green-laning but I do want to go to places like Norway where I've heard that you can potentially go from a metalled road to a gravel track with not advanced warning, or I could perhaps go on some of the higher roads/tracks in Andorra.
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Your current Pan Euro has those "wing things" built into the fairings - I understand that they are meant to act as crash bungs.
But it sounds like, from your post above, that you already have experience in dropping the Pan.
I do understand your concern about the bodywork of any bike; some folks remove the original in-as-new-condition panels and replace them with damaged parts, or even omit the bodywork and ride the bike naked.
Then put them back in-as-new-condition when it is time to sell the bike.
So, maybe give it a go on a ride through, say, Norway?
I have helped others pick up the 1200 boxers and they are easy enough - lying over at just about 45 degrees only, supported on the sticky-out cylinders.
But picking up any bike on the flat in ideal conditions is a whole different game from when it is tipped over on a 1:4 hill, lying the wrong way, the rider is more than a little flustered about dropping it in the first place, and the luggage is still attached.
Or even when the bike is semi-upside down in the ditch at the side of the highway.
About my earlier post:
You might want to test ride a few of those bikes - the 2 cyl boxer is a very different character compared to the V4 and the inline triple.
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Dave
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