Doncha badmouth ma 950!
Yes - nice vid!
However, in order to provide a balanced view - it seems strange that you can condemn a bike as overcomplicated because it has a fuel pump when you are using shaft drive on a dirt bike! I wonder how your average basic workshop anywhere in the world would do when that went wrong? Probably the same way they would deal with tearing your bike in half to replace a worn clutch (as opposed to undoing a dozen bolts on a KTM 950)
Incidentally - the KTM 950 uses the same fuel pump as that most unreliable of bikes, the Africa Twin - they are known to need replacing every 30-40K miles, cost 100 Euro, are small and so a spare is easily transported, and can be swapped out in about 15 mins by anyone with the mechanical skills of a bi-polar monkey.
Don't get me wrong - I'm not knocking airheads - I have ridden a few and think they are great bikes -and they undoubtably have some advantages over a KTM 950 from some riders' perspective, such as seat height, and ease of carb adjustment.
It is a shame you need to resort to tenous, criticisms of other manufacturers' bikes in order to justify your own - you didn't mention how much the HPN costs.
And while I'm on a roll, Ali Baba, I assume when you said that other bikes would be boring after riding an HPN you meant other BMW bikes. Other companies make bikes too y'know.
Well that's it - now Ive offended everybody I'll shut up.
Well actually, no I won't. Hendikaf - ultimate 2-up off road tourer available in the US? That'd be the KTM 950 Adventure!
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