AFRICA FOUR: HONDA CRF1000R BY BRIVEMO

[DefTrap]

Ok didn't think it was necessary to qualify that taking it off road was likely to be a stoopid idea.

[cheb]

I like the looks of it but it's not going to be much of a serious offroader being heavy, and having a single sided swinging arm and cast wheels

[weeksy]

I like the looks of it but it's not going to be much of a serious offroader being heavy, and having a single sided swinging arm and cast wheels

I don't think it was ever expected to. 99% of these bikes are a styling exercise rather than a serious attempt to improve the actual riding of the bikes they start with.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The wheels are stock CB1000R.

In fact most of it is stock CB1000R!

[cheb]

I like the looks of it but it's not going to be much of a serious offroader being heavy, and having a single sided swinging arm and cast wheels

I don't think it was ever expected to. 99% of these bikes are a styling exercise rather than a serious attempt to improve the actual riding of the bikes they start with.

Like virtually all bikes improved by their owners

[weeksy]

I like the looks of it but it's not going to be much of a serious offroader being heavy, and having a single sided swinging arm and cast wheels

I don't think it was ever expected to. 99% of these bikes are a styling exercise rather than a serious attempt to improve the actual riding of the bikes they start with.

Like virtually all bikes improved by their owners

Oh i dunno about that, i think the majority of people start these days with the bouncy bits, getting them sorted first. The shit like a tail tidy, exhaust etc... But suspension and fuelling seem to be the priority for most, which can only help.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

People must be better riders than me, I'm riding a 30 year bike (on modern tyres) on track and I don't get near it's cornering limits, all I've done is change the springs because it was intended for a Japanese teenager, not a 14 stone fat cheesy barstard.

[mangocrazy]

As soon as you say "overweight single sided offroader" the GS immediately leaps out as the obvious candidate doesn't it? And what could be more serious off road than the Paris-Dakar?

Like I said you can make most things work if you try. BMW certainly manage it!

I strongly suspect the builders of the OP aren't trying that hard to actually make it work though.

BMW may compete, but KTM take the wins year in, year out.

And this is the paragraph in the blurb around this bike that I was referring to.

While the bike may appear more like a design exercise than serious off-roader, there’s talk the machine might participate in the next edition of the Brivemo Africa Twin Raid (BATR) in Tunisia.

Which is why I made my initial, deeply skeptical, post. I think the above statement is just flannel, intending to give the bike's (mythical) off-road capabilities a boost. Still not buying it.