I am in the process of planning a trip, to where is open though Mongolia is on the bucket list. Having done all my trips on large bikes, KTM 990, Tiger 800 I am now down sizing due to weight - not mine. There is a plethora of small adventure bikes being released this year, they have suddenly realised that not everyone is over 6 feet and built like a brick shit house. So there is the Honda 250, Kawasaki 300 BMW 300, Suzuki 250 and not to be left out the mid range Honda 500CBX. I sat on the 250 Honda Rally today, quite tall, however it can be lowered. I also sat on the Africa twin - lovely balance to the bike, feels lighter than the 242Kg the DCT version is. If I was to do a lot of European miles then I would be tempted. However I will probably ship the bike somewhere which saves time, boring large roads and you don't need such a large bike. Given that the average speed in some developing countries is about 30 -40 mph small capacity machines come in to their own, not of course if you want to 'live the dream'.
Now with a garage full of Greeves, I should really look at utilising some of the existing stock. There are quite a few advantages of using something like my green TFS Trail. It is light, cheap to ship, and does not attract unwanted attention as a rich mans toy.
I will probably do some touring of Scotland in the summer to see how I enjoy 'slow' touring, and take the road less travelled.
Now with a garage full of Greeves, I should really look at utilising some of the existing stock. There are quite a few advantages of using something like my green TFS Trail. It is light, cheap to ship, and does not attract unwanted attention as a rich mans toy.
I will probably do some touring of Scotland in the summer to see how I enjoy 'slow' touring, and take the road less travelled.
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