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Tried a super blackbird?
I'm fine on one of those and I'm 6'4"......if you need more power and comfort than you get with one of those (at 2 grand for a sensible quality one at 3 grand for a really really tidy one) then you need cocaine
WindyChuffer
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Now that looks fekkin awesome. Yours?
Bendy toy
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Tried a super blackbird?
I'm fine on one of those and I'm 6'4"......if you need more power and comfort than you get with one of those (at 2 grand for a sensible quality one at 3 grand for a really really tidy one) then you need cocaine
Those with the wedge can part chop the GS for a 1300GT. Power, comfort and carrying capacity, though it wont cross the North African desert.
The guy who sold me my GS had one. He said it's a fantastic ride but also a great deal less useful than the GS. He could not justify keeping both bikes, but I'd not be surprised if he chops the GT for a WC.
It does indeed... but even if a good-nick HP2 Enduro didn't cost R130 000 here (IF you can find one for sale), my '10 Camhead cost me R95 000 and is a far better bike for my style of riding.
I can cruise all day on it at a steady 150 Km/h with 60 Km/h in reserve, and negligible wind blast.
You might be able to get to 210 Km/h on an HP2. But trust me, on those tractor tyres, and without a decent screen to duck behind, you wouldn't want to...
And if I want more, my GSAs will happily tackle big speed humps at 100 Km/h+, give sports bikes a respectable seeing-to, and handle the potholes (read: craters) around Oliviershoek Pass.
That's a major reason why dual-sport bikes are becoming so popular. They don't excel at any one thing, but in terms of overall competence, they sweep the board...
As a side note: since getting the Camhead, I've concluded that the extra wedge you'd have to fork out in slotting an HP2 Sport engine into a GS/GSA simply wouldn't be worth it.
My tip: buy a GSA with the Camhead engine. You'll have 85% of the performance of the HP2 Sport, at something like 60% of the cost.
In any case, the GSA doesn't have the tiny aerodynamic profile needed to visibly exploit 140 BHP. IMHO, it would be a classic demonstration of the law of diminishing returns.
Tried a super blackbird?
I'm fine on one of those and I'm 6'4"......if you need more power and comfort than you get with one of those (at 2 grand for a sensible quality one at 3 grand for a really really tidy one) then you need cocaine
I have done a couple of tours on one, two up with luggage. For those who haven't tried one they are good.
My ideal bike would be a 1200RT with a Blackbird engine - they are so smooth and tractable.
A low-mileage K1200GT it is, then.
I live in a terrace with the bike in the front garden. If I could be sure to get the bike over the path and through a 1 metre gap in the pillars I'd certainly consider one.
But, the weather protection of the RT does it for me.
Two extra cylinders and you have.... A 1600 GT
Yes please.
If only my bike park was bigger!
You can see part of the wall pillar I knocked off to the bottom left!
Border needs weeding.
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