07-25-2016, 11:05 AM
Well I think adventure means different things to different people, and even though the moniker is right there in the name Adventure bike, it doesn't necessarily mean one must ride in Paris to Dakar like conditions to own one. Someone who buys an ADV bike must certainly realize their own limitations if they intend to leave pavement and ride accordingly just as someone who buys a liter supersport has to know it takes certain skills to go through a set of twisties quickly and must ride within their limitations as well.
When I first started riding, an off road bike was a regular bike, with a set of upswept exhausts and some bumpier tires, and you'd be surprised where we rode those.
People take Goldwings down fire roads and I saw a story once about a guy that road an R-1 Yamaha in some gawd awful greasy places off road so you don't have to buy an Adventure bike to ride off road.just a certain skill set and some determination.
The real advantage of an adventure bike today is because of ergos, weather protection, fuel capacity, suspension compliance, and luggage capacity they make really excellent on road touring bikes. But list the disadvantages as being generally heavy with high centers of gravity and generally sky high seat heights.
I'd have one if I could but I'm not even tall enought to ride the lttle ones lol
When I first started riding, an off road bike was a regular bike, with a set of upswept exhausts and some bumpier tires, and you'd be surprised where we rode those.
People take Goldwings down fire roads and I saw a story once about a guy that road an R-1 Yamaha in some gawd awful greasy places off road so you don't have to buy an Adventure bike to ride off road.just a certain skill set and some determination.
The real advantage of an adventure bike today is because of ergos, weather protection, fuel capacity, suspension compliance, and luggage capacity they make really excellent on road touring bikes. But list the disadvantages as being generally heavy with high centers of gravity and generally sky high seat heights.
I'd have one if I could but I'm not even tall enought to ride the lttle ones lol