Biking benchmarks ?

1. Fancy a gsxr for the sunny days the sv for the everyday travel and a cb500 cafe racer for the hell of it.

2. Lid - whatever is comfy price doesn't matter, for me a good set of textiles that are waterproof not just showerproof, same for boots and gloves.

3. IOM TT going next year so after that a tour of europe is on the cards i think.

4. The dream here would be to do a road race maybe the likes of mid-antrim or armoy will never happen but a man can dream. More like just self teach a bit better on internals by stripping and rebuild junk.

Bike to own aprilia RS-250 for the 3 sundays a year you can use one

Kit - Already got gore text hein gericke leathers so it doesnt get any better than that imo

To do - Europe would be nice, but im lazy and just keep doing scotland

ALready done the IAM thing, essential imo but what do i know. Would love a crosser again but dont know anyone with any land.

Originally Posted by specialone

In the right hands an adventure bike will keep up in the twistys easily with any bike IMO and i know a guy who was one of the fastest in the advanced group on a trackday on his BMW 1200GS and even had a pic of him knee downing it.

I went to a (road race) hillclimb event. I was quicker on my F800GS on (non-knobbly) sports-touring tyres than three of the four people who came on S1000RRs. Two of whom, had brought their bikes in a van, had slicks fitted and were using tyre warmers. I have a large canvas print from that day of me riding it like a sportsbike hanging up in my hall.

They're only boring old man bikes if you want them to be. I use mine "as intended". Antics like this:

Are more thrilling to me than topping an SV out, or street racing a sportsbike at triple figure speeds against supercars. The sort of riding you tend to do on them is also considerably less likely to earn you a spell in jail (or traction).


I know some of the people who ride adventure bikes can be a bit, well, dull. Please don't let the guy who incessantly polishes his GS1200 and has £5K's worth of Touratech stuff on it, yet never even takes it down fire roads, be your perception of a typical owner. When you are summitting a mountain on nothing more than sheep trails, in the snow, carrying 60 litres of luggage you cannot help but be bowled over by what these bikes are capable of.

Hello,

1) I have wanted an R1 for as along as I knew what bikes where, it will be my next step. But that, and then I also fancy something like a DL1000 with all the boxes on it. Just for touring.

2) I have RST textiles and RST 2 peice leathers, which I have no intention of changing any time soon, they look good and work well. Have always fancied something like a white and black one peice Dainese leathers though. Maybe someday.

3) Been to a few GP races and Superbikes, and touring NI>Spain a few years ago, have another tour in the planning stages for next year though, that will keep me satisfied for a while Just need to make the decision of wether or not I want to try it on an 06 R6....

4)Would like to do the IAM course, as well has own/have a go on some of the offroad stuff. After graduating its now become much easier to own such offroad toys