Lamble
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1150 GSA gives me options to do what I couldn't do on a standard GS. Even if I then decide not to do them, they are there.
When I moved to the USA, the Pac NW is full of off road possibilities. Fire roads and logging trails. The USA is also rather large, so touring long distances is a prerequisite, and when a GPS says turn left in 165 miles because that is the next and only turn, tank range comes into play.
I'm about to move back to the UK and am considering the change to something else, as I'm not sure how "necessary" a GSA is there. Would still be nice to have, but necessary, I'm not so sure.
When I was in the UK I scoffed at Harley riders. I still do laugh at the riders and their Wild Hog image, but the bikes themselves, do make some sort of sense here in the USA. So, bike choice depends upon what you want. Not necessarily what you need. A GSA may fulfill a dream of one day being able to just break away and go...anywhere. That dream may be what you want and need to have.
Both the GS and GSA are capable bikes though.
When I moved to the USA, the Pac NW is full of off road possibilities. Fire roads and logging trails. The USA is also rather large, so touring long distances is a prerequisite, and when a GPS says turn left in 165 miles because that is the next and only turn, tank range comes into play.
I'm about to move back to the UK and am considering the change to something else, as I'm not sure how "necessary" a GSA is there. Would still be nice to have, but necessary, I'm not so sure.
When I was in the UK I scoffed at Harley riders. I still do laugh at the riders and their Wild Hog image, but the bikes themselves, do make some sort of sense here in the USA. So, bike choice depends upon what you want. Not necessarily what you need. A GSA may fulfill a dream of one day being able to just break away and go...anywhere. That dream may be what you want and need to have.
Both the GS and GSA are capable bikes though.
