pprior
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We don't do any long distance riding 2up but even an hour my wife is not happy. Are there any solutions for adding padding/backrest to the stock top box? From what others are saying maybe I'm over thinking the cruise importance.
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No reason to be snarky about it – many people shop different brands, it's not all about price
Once you get out of Urban Freewayland it becomes more apparent top speed need not be a holy grail. A lot of minimalist touring is done on 250 cc and below. It's more about being in the landscape and points along the way, not just hustling through them.How about the little CRF then ? It has everything going for it but is lacking a little in the power department. However if going on such a trip would one be in a hurry ? I think not.
Because of this I have been considering both the Triumph Trophy and the Triumph Tiger Explorer (1215 cc model).
Once you get out of Urban Freewayland it becomes more apparent top speed need not be a holy grail. A lot of minimalist touring is done on 250 cc and below. It's more about being in the landscape and points along the way, not just hustling through them.
Surely low maintenance 650cc or so can be done nearly as light as the CRF250L which is actually pretty heavy for a dualsport of its displacement. Still better perhaps, 400-500 cc designed for some fuel economy and not for ripping up the woods. If a lighter dualsport-like design but with a ADV-style seat was done around the 500 cc engine that's in the CB500X which is a pretty cool machine but again, could be lighter...
I'm still watching that AJP PR7 and hoping the adv/dualsport market will eventually get some machines more powerful than the 250s, but not big freaking pigs that everyone seems to have been trained to buy.
I do apologize, wasn't trying to be snarky, just wondering how a $30k luxo-touring machine got mentioned on a forum dedicated to ah, frugal motorcycling since well, it has <never> crossed anyone's mind as to which one to buy. Except for now.
Totally agree that many people shop different brands and it's not all about price....I was trying to decide between a new M3 and a new Mustang GT and posted my concerns on Bimmerfest since price wasn't an issue for me. Like you, I was looking for "value".
Consensus from the faithful was that the Ford was twice the performance car at 1/2 the price of the BMW so I totally get where you are coming from.....and I agree it isn't always about the price....Sometimes it is about something else
Is there another M/C forum in the world with as many Fuelley graphs in member's signature lines? We are a cheap, er, frugal lot!. Sometimes I think I've wandered into the Prius chat forum by mistake ;-) As a result I haven't seen too many "how can I turn my NC into a K1600?" questions. Like.Ever.
Anyway, good luck with the $20 throttle lock and $15 foam rubber pad behind your wife. Hopefully those two inexpensive mods will turn your NC into a reasonable facsimile of a $30k K1600 and we will have saved you $29,965 USD. Seems reasonable to me!
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Thanks so much for all the comments. I'm going to try and fix some of the gripes and keep my nc700x. I'm not even going to go test ride the bmw at this point to avoid falling in love.
So I was looking at the reviews of the kaoko throttle lock for Honda with barkbusters at twisted throttle and several people said they don't fit this bike. Does anyone have experience putting these on a nc700x with barkbusters in place?
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