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Starting a semi, Trans Continental trip on her 2mro, may the force be with her............and I wont hit her too hard with the hammer when .....its not
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I sold the GoldWing and bought a BMW R1100GS
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So... What's between your legs ?
One of these:

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Oh Christ !! Well it was only a bit of fun... If people chose to "tamper" the results with multiple fake votes, theres not much I can do about it !

It was just for a vague idea is all... Looks like the BMW marketting machine is indeed stronger than I thought !!
Nice idea TT and looks like you all discovered early on what’s baffled me this last hour – the poll adds up to <140% at the moment. Nearly 800 listed but <1100 actual votes when you add up column 3

Anyway... let me offer the travel bike stats from nearly 900 AMW Trip Reports going back 10 years or more, showing what’s ridden on mostly big trips in the AMZ. Some submit more than one journey on the same bike so as a poll of actual trips done on travel bikes, it's accurate enough.

......................AMW..............HUBB
BMW................25.7%.............33.1%
Honda..............23.3%.............18.0%
Yamaha............16.6%.............18.1%
Suzuki..............8.7%..............18.3%
Kawasaki..........8.6%..............11%
Other...............5%**..............5.5%
KTM.................4.7%..............6.5%
Enfield..............2.8%..............3.7%
Harley..............2.1%..............4.8%
Triumph............2.1%..............7.5%
Ducati/Cagiva*..1.2%..............6%
.......................100%..........<140%

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* Ducati owned Cag when AMW TRs were started
** No more than 5 of: AJS 350, Bajaj, BSA, Buell, Chang Jiang, Chinese Thing, Gilera, Guzzi, Hyosung, Italjet, Jawa, Jialing, Minsk, MZ, Norton Commando, Pegaso, Peugeot 50, Unknown twin, Ural, Vespa, Vuka
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KTM 950sm for tarmac...BMW R100RS for long rides...KTM250excf for dirt.

Thinking about a RTW trip in a couple of years, maybe on an air-cooled 600 thumper or an R80...have a soft spot for the Beemer airheads.
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Well,
as i am a very obtuse and narrow minded one, i do not understand, since long long time, why should i to ride a more lightweight and useful, as for off road purpose, plastic made bike.
So, i'm frankly a Talibiker, as i use a 10 y.o. H-D Dyna to ride the world.
Heavy weight, long wheelbase, poor brake system (i mean the original one),
poor handling and no off road skills. But that's the only transport mean i own, and that's enough, to me, to pursuit the happiness.

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BMW R1200GS Adventure from -09. Same for my girlfriend. But hers is red.
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Royal Enfield popularily know as the Bullet in India, standard 350 c c 1995 make

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I just picked up a 2013 Suzuki DL650 Adv model. Long time rider, looking for something a bit lighter, so this is the route I went.
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Another 2013 Suzuki DL650 V-Strom - the 'Grand Tourer' version. Very happy so far!
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in light of the recent resurrection, I voted for 3 manufacturers as that's what I own and ride
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We have 10 or more in all brands and sizes at any given time, but showing up in places where we "shouldn't" be on these provides more encouragement to others than all the rest.

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Lots of people pooh-pooh these, but when properly prepared, they do well.
This one has all new internals in the forks, touring windscreen, off-road pegs, and decent luggage.

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Perineum ?
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I just can't fault this little baby ( F650 twin). Had it 3 years now and no nasty suprises. Changed the concrete bloc of a seat for something much more acceptable for travel. What I really love is the placement of the fuel tank under the seat with side filler ( no pi**ing about at fuel stations with the tank bag), and it's 75mpg+ even when fully loaded- extraordinary. It's kept it's paint finish beautifully, no rust anywhere.

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