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Re: Adventure bikes
Reply #15 - 01/04/25 at 14:42:17
 
oldNslow wrote on 01/03/25 at 07:49:39:
blod wrote on 01/02/25 at 19:22:15:
  As Ohiomoto said, most of them are too tall and heavy.

I recently bought a Suzuki DR 200 dual purpose thing sight unseen, I thought I had bought a very small  bike and was disappointed when I first clapped eyes on it. I am not a tall bloke, but at 5'8" I would not consider myself vertically challenged either. I can get both feet on the ground sitting on it, but only just.




That's the price you pay for long travel suspension.

I'm 5'6" and shrinking as I age.
. Now the seats on MX bikes are above my belly button, and most Dual Sports and the big ADV bikes are just about the same.

The thought of tipping over on a forest trail on one of those 1200cc. 450+lb. so called "off road" monsters, with my feet dangling six inches off the ground is not something I want to contemplate.



Grin Those belly button high bikes can not be taken seriously. I can't understand how they find buyers for them.

Literally every road around where I live is a gravel road, if I go anywhere at all it involves at least a three mile drive on an often graded gravel road. When the roads have just been graded they are not  rideable for at least three days.  
   The solution is a sidecar, no need to worry about falling over, and they are more fun than any solo bike.



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Reply #16 - 01/07/25 at 07:44:27
 
A look at the CF Moto 800MT-X.  I agree with guys here that the whole category has gotten too big to be practical for real off-road.  I guess if your 20 something, 6’3”, built like a body builder, and take ballet classes, they’re probably okay for off-road.

While it might be okay to say a 509lb cruiser or standard bike is middleweight, that’s no middleweight for trying to manage it off road.

I love the category and concept, but it’s gotten ridiculous.  My very first bike was a Honda Elsinore MR175.  A 2-stroke “trail bike” as they were called.  It didn’t do anything particularly great, but it was tough and bullet proof.  Aside from having to reattach the muffler after virtually every crash, just add fuel and occasionally clean the spark plug and air filter.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2025/january/cfmoto-800mt-x/
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Reply #17 - Yesterday at 05:47:39
 
Toni Bou.  5'-9", 167 pounds  (A bit more ability than most of us normal people).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXZZy_U_3Y

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Reply #19 - Yesterday at 19:27:15
 
Dave wrote on Yesterday at 05:47:39:
Toni Bou.  5'-9", 167 pounds  (A bit more ability than most of us normal people).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXXZZy_U_3Y



I could easily do that, it's a piece of cake. That said I just can't see what that monstrosity can do that a trials bike can't do. Top speed maybe, but nothing else that I can think of.
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