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If you only had to choose one motorcycle to ride, plus any number of extra wheels or suspension bits, what would it be and why?
For me, I’m between:
-A 450mx bike with dirt and a street legal motard setup, Mx, street hooligan, and track bike all in one
-A dual sport, like a vstrom 650 with a couple sets of tires, hard bags, etc.
-Sport naked, like my MV Agusta rivale 800 or duke 790. I recently remembered how much I hate riding with a backpack, and the lack of hard bags and wind protection on these sorts of bikes is a drag.
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ONE motorcycle?!?!?
Dude... what kind of monster are you? We don't need this kind of negativity in our lives. You oughta be ashamed of yourself. Please turn in your tasseled dong vest.
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Horses for courses.
That said, if it absolutely HAS to be one, probably a middleweight ADV bike á la 890 ADVR or T7. You can do a lot with those bikes.
I went to MMI I know what Im doing here chief
As for the one bike, I'm not much for off-road or adventure riding, so I'm pretty set with my Hyper. But if I was going new probably 890 Duke with a set of Distanzas for mild dirt road capabilities.
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I’m thinking the FJ09/Tracer 900 with a spare set of wheels. Shinkos on one, a set of sticky streets on the other.
Dependable, comfortable, solid performance, not expensive to maintain, run track days and mount the shinkos if you plan to run some dirt time. Factory hard bags with plenty of other options.
890 Duke R is at the top of my list at the moment.
Seems the next step up from my SV. Don't really ride where I need luggage, wind protection, or pillion any more.
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I’m content with my 2016 Tuono Factory
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Not exactly “ruling them all” but here’s my 790cc DR650
- 21” front with knobbies for off-road adventure
- 19” front with 80/20 tires for general street riding and hooliganism
- 17” supermoto wheels with sticky rubber for track days.
If it was FI with two cylinders I’d say it would be perfect for me - I lean more towards highway comfortable rather than single-track capable.
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Still all these years later still enamored by vfr1200,
great dad missile, great 2 up with the wife, daily-rider manageable enough for my wife to handle.
im just not a big off road guy. But id did have a go on a gs1200 and it was pretty good on road at speed, (like shockingly, and of course it will off road to the ends of the world)
I already own that one bike, my KTM. You couldn't ask for a better example of a "do everything well" bike.
2023 KTM 890 Adventure R
I've been over this a lot since hatching offspring. (For those unaware, they consume ALL of your available riding time.)
Now that I've tasted a multi-bike harem I simply cannot go back. Somewhere there is a thread here about the perfect 5. However, I may be willing to drop that number to the perfect 3:
- A long distance, 2-up touring pavement pounder
- A dirty/woods/trail bike
- Something in between
For me, the Harley big-twin touring bikes scratches the distance itch. I own a Road King but would replace it with an Electra Standard (FLHT) now that it is available
For dirt I like the light trail/XC 2-strokes. I have a KTM 200 XC. I'd probably select a newer Austrian 250 or 300 2-smoke in either orange or white/yellow/blue paint if presented with the means
I am currently lusting for a yammi T7 for the spot. In the meantime I have a Yamaha WR450 I never ride instead
I would also be partial to the three bike stable
Fun track toy
Fun woods toy
Good mile pounder
Were it to be restricted to one it would probably be a midsized adventure bike with a set of wheels that would make it more capable on the race track when needed
Whatever one i have at the moment. Until I'm seduced by another one. I can only resist temptation for so long...
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I agree with the T7 - personally that's what I would choose. That being said, I think the rest of the world has voted in favor of the R1200/1250GS. It has been the best seller in most places for bikes >500cc. Great for touring, handles corners much better than you'd expect, good two up, decent "off road" and well balanced for it's size and weight.
'15 Ducati Scrambler, '13 Multistrada 1200S, '07 VFR, '14 CRF250L/M, '15 FJ-09, '23 Tuareg
The 890 adventure r is amazing.
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'15 Ducati Scrambler, '13 Multistrada 1200S, '07 VFR, '14 CRF250L/M, '15 FJ-09, '23 Tuareg
It would have to be an ADV bike as clearly we'd be in a post-apocalyptic world to just have one.
But really, any of the big ADVs would do it for me, something that can do a little bit of everything, especially if I had two sets of wheels.