Ditching the sportbike
Discussion
I need some opinions I'm trying to decide whether or not to sell my 06 cbr 600 and buy a enduro type bike something along the lines of a wr450 or xr650 I don't have much experience with this sort of bike but I like the simplicity of them and the fact they are very crash resistant. I live in North Yorkshire so there's loads of areas where I could use them in there natural habitat and it would be used for a 5 day a week commute of about 3 miles each way and some weekend blasts probably up to dalby forest or somewhere of the ilk. Has anyone made the switch before and did you regret it/prefer it answers on a postcard please.
Cheers for the replies it would just be for commuting/greelaning and I might take it to a few off road pay and play type spots. Ive had a naked which I liked and I have little interest in classics or tourers, I do love my sportsbike but I just can't ride it how it wants to be risen on the ride without the fear of getting my license taken off me or having a nasty accident, I don't have the finances for repeated trackdays atm as I'm saving up for a wedding so I thought an enduro would be the perfect budget fun solution. I'm just worried I may be looking at it with rose tinted glasses. I suppose the worst case scenario is I bought one and didn't like it and sold it back on so not much to lose really, I've thought about supermoto but it seems to have all the drawbacks of a sportbike and enduro with little of the benefits.
Well I guess that settles it any suggestions on which street friendly enduro/motards to go for I know the wr450 seems like a strong contender the xr650 is good but maybe a little pricey for what you get the Ktm eds seem nice but I've heard they are maintenance heavy and overheat easily but have a massive aftermarket available which is nice I don't mind doing oil changes monthly and valve clearances once every 3 or 4 months but much more than that may become tedious Ktm 640 lc4 is another option but I think they're supposedly fairly overweight compared to the competition anyone know a bike that's a good compromise?
My car would be adequate if I was just trying to get from a to b I want to have some fun along the way and I dont think stepping from a 125 from a 600 would light my fire, I can't imagine any offroading I do would be too technical mostly fireroads and Greenlanes, one of the things that's attracts me is the ability to throw it around and have some fun it would be nice to be able to pull wheelies without doing near triple digit speeds by the time I'm coming back down.
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