MyLittleStudPony wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:37 pm
The only bikes I've ridden for fun in recent years have been off roaders.
Maybe a Honda 300 Rally.
That's the way my mind is going at the moment too. Although the local byways have been torn up by the nutters in 4×4s, some of the roads/lanes are heading towards BOAT condition.
(Athough my head was turned today by an S1000XR which seems to be a hybrid of the 2 favourite bikes I've owned so maybe the £5k will have to be a deposit ).
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one.
Voltaire
I had a DRZ400 for 7 or 8 years, I sold it because I got bored of doing the same BOATs repeatedly, but I wouldn't mind something like a modern engined XT500 to explore tiny paved and unpaved roads.
'Why haven't you then?' you might ask. Well, North Wales isn't really as close as I pretend to myself & I know exactly how little I'd get around to using it, sadly.
I'd buy a tow bar for the car, a light bike trailer and a Trials bike. Join the local club and see how badly I spank myself up Junior Kickstart stylee.
I didn't know Beta were still making the Alp, they've been making them for over 20 years, they had a good reputation, do they still have a Suzuki engine?
Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:19 am
I still really want one of these, but if what I've heard about the performance is correct I doubt I'd have my licence after one or two Sunday blasts.
I think it's ideal for a Sunday morning ride. Not as quick as the 990 but more than quick enough for the local cart tracks. I took a new one out for a morning a few years ago and I enjoyed it, but I was a bit worried about reliability. Not so much of a problem on a Sunday bike.
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