I've never ever understood the idea of having one of those big lumps off road. Give me a 350 single any day!
Winrow, it's the challenge everything is a compromise. There is a reason so many trail tour companies use GS''s and ktm 1150 / 1190 adventures. That's not to say you could actually go ride an enduro event on one. An expert enduro rider I know tried to do a lap of a local event we were setting out on his GS, with of road tyres on it. He got to the bottom of a slippery bank and that is where he stayed for the rest of the day. Took 6 of us to get him out I wouldn't attempt that, but I would do the unmade roads. Do you need a big or even small trailie to do bigger trails ? Nope, our friend rides a trumpet 675 daytona, and does all the trails we do. People think he is nuts but he still gets up them We did 2 weeks riding Lesotho on GS's a few years back. Half of the group had bike issues (dented rims, dented exhaust headers, fork failures, and a burnt out clutch on a new bike) and every body fell off at some point. I would still have done that on a multi with proper trail tyres, crash bars, bark busters, and a short screen.
A few years ago in the Picos our route took us via some very broken roads, they were just a bed of broken up tarmac from gravel to fist sized lumps. Went on for about 3 miles, not that we could see that at the start. No real alternative without a huge diversion so I rode it on my MV Turismo which wasn't too bad but my best mate did it on his 996.
Interesting to see the clutch master cylinder reservoir is on a metal bracket now. A major step forward
The way I read it..........there are a number of releases over the coming weeks. I think the standard model will come out tomorrow and I think the 17" wheel version will follow, along with other models, in following weeks.
https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-fea...ed-in-australia-ahead-of-official-reveal.html The pictures aren’t great but based on these I think my 1260 will be in the garage for a good few years yet.
