Discussion
Yesterday I went to a friendly KTM dealer, a mate of mine brought a new superduke which I had a go on when we went away, loved it but felt weird not having any cowling in front of me, so I wanted to try the GT model, Lovely bike, properly quick, seat was f
king hard as nails and dogged into my thighs. On getting back to the dealers after a decent hours ride they threw me the keys of the adventure S, I don’t want a adventure bike I’m looking for something fun I told them, Just ride it and see how it compares to the S they said.
Straight away the bike felt like 10 years ahead of the GT, the gearbox is amazing, the engine has slightly less go but you can ride it properly fast and the suspension is lovely, I just wonder how many people get put off by bike manufacturers putting bikes into ( categories) and people dismisssing them as dull or not there thing?
king hard as nails and dogged into my thighs. On getting back to the dealers after a decent hours ride they threw me the keys of the adventure S, I don’t want a adventure bike I’m looking for something fun I told them, Just ride it and see how it compares to the S they said.Straight away the bike felt like 10 years ahead of the GT, the gearbox is amazing, the engine has slightly less go but you can ride it properly fast and the suspension is lovely, I just wonder how many people get put off by bike manufacturers putting bikes into ( categories) and people dismisssing them as dull or not there thing?
Grouping bikes and bikers into genres then dismissing all because of some untested, “folk lore” based bias has been going on for as long as there’s been bikes on the road. We all do it:
I don’t like sports bikes because they’re uncomfortable!
- There are enough people who ride them, and ride them over long distances, to suggest that’s not always true. (Don’t mention Nick Saunders and R1s)
I don’t like tourers because they’re too heavy!
- There a lot of people not built like power lifters, body builders or rugby props who seem to manage just fine. A female colleague of mine (who looks a bit like your “posh” great aunt who used to give you £10 notes in your Christmas cards when you were young) rides a full dress ‘Wing.
I don’t like Harleys because they’re crap!
- Well, OK! Some deep rooted biases are legitimate and there for a reason!!!
… but the list goes on.
All bikes are different and there are good/bad, boring/exciting, fun/dull, practical/nuts etc. examples in just about every genre. Even more important, when it comes t riding on the road, there really is very little that can be done on one genre that, in turn, can’t then be done on every other genre. (Track is different) You can tour on a sports bike. You can “scratch” on an adventure bike. You can commute on a tourer. And in almost all cases, it’ll actually be the rider that makes that particular bike better or worse than other bikes around it. It won’t be limitations of the bike.
We are all guilty of dismissing bikes just because of some unfounded, untested bias, and we really shouldn’t. All that said, I really don’t like adventure bikes!
I don’t like sports bikes because they’re uncomfortable!
- There are enough people who ride them, and ride them over long distances, to suggest that’s not always true. (Don’t mention Nick Saunders and R1s)
I don’t like tourers because they’re too heavy!
- There a lot of people not built like power lifters, body builders or rugby props who seem to manage just fine. A female colleague of mine (who looks a bit like your “posh” great aunt who used to give you £10 notes in your Christmas cards when you were young) rides a full dress ‘Wing.
I don’t like Harleys because they’re crap!
- Well, OK! Some deep rooted biases are legitimate and there for a reason!!!
… but the list goes on.
All bikes are different and there are good/bad, boring/exciting, fun/dull, practical/nuts etc. examples in just about every genre. Even more important, when it comes t riding on the road, there really is very little that can be done on one genre that, in turn, can’t then be done on every other genre. (Track is different) You can tour on a sports bike. You can “scratch” on an adventure bike. You can commute on a tourer. And in almost all cases, it’ll actually be the rider that makes that particular bike better or worse than other bikes around it. It won’t be limitations of the bike.
We are all guilty of dismissing bikes just because of some unfounded, untested bias, and we really shouldn’t. All that said, I really don’t like adventure bikes!
black-k1 said:
Grouping bikes and bikers into genres then dismissing all because of some untested, “folk lore” based bias has been going on for as long as there’s been bikes on the road. We all do it:
I don’t like sports bikes because they’re uncomfortable!
- There are enough people who ride them, and ride them over long distances, to suggest that’s not always true. (Don’t mention Nick Saunders and R1s)
I don’t like tourers because they’re too heavy!
- There a lot of people not built like power lifters, body builders or rugby props who seem to manage just fine. A female colleague of mine (who looks a bit like your “posh” great aunt who used to give you £10 notes in your Christmas cards when you were young) rides a full dress ‘Wing.
I don’t like Harleys because they’re crap!
- Well, OK! Some deep rooted biases are legitimate and there for a reason!!!
… but the list goes on.
All bikes are different and there are good/bad, boring/exciting, fun/dull, practical/nuts etc. examples in just about every genre. Even more important, when it comes t riding on the road, there really is very little that can be done on one genre that, in turn, can’t then be done on every other genre. (Track is different) You can tour on a sports bike. You can “scratch” on an adventure bike. You can commute on a tourer. And in almost all cases, it’ll actually be the rider that makes that particular bike better or worse than other bikes around it. It won’t be limitations of the bike.
We are all guilty of dismissing bikes just because of some unfounded, untested bias, and we really shouldn’t. All that said, I really don’t like adventure bikes!
Very true, all of the above, especially Harley’s, I’ve only ridden one and it didn’t change my mind!I don’t like sports bikes because they’re uncomfortable!
- There are enough people who ride them, and ride them over long distances, to suggest that’s not always true. (Don’t mention Nick Saunders and R1s)
I don’t like tourers because they’re too heavy!
- There a lot of people not built like power lifters, body builders or rugby props who seem to manage just fine. A female colleague of mine (who looks a bit like your “posh” great aunt who used to give you £10 notes in your Christmas cards when you were young) rides a full dress ‘Wing.
I don’t like Harleys because they’re crap!
- Well, OK! Some deep rooted biases are legitimate and there for a reason!!!
… but the list goes on.
All bikes are different and there are good/bad, boring/exciting, fun/dull, practical/nuts etc. examples in just about every genre. Even more important, when it comes t riding on the road, there really is very little that can be done on one genre that, in turn, can’t then be done on every other genre. (Track is different) You can tour on a sports bike. You can “scratch” on an adventure bike. You can commute on a tourer. And in almost all cases, it’ll actually be the rider that makes that particular bike better or worse than other bikes around it. It won’t be limitations of the bike.
We are all guilty of dismissing bikes just because of some unfounded, untested bias, and we really shouldn’t. All that said, I really don’t like adventure bikes!
I’m not into adventure bikes but Definetly understand why they re so popular as the roads are in s
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