BamaRider
Guy
Having been around Sport Touring awhile, I'm thinking the true sport touring bike will become increasingly rare, and give way to the dual purpose ADV as the weapon of choice. Prolly the situation right now. I don't post there, but the ADV rider forum seems to be very active with a lot of members ridin all kinds of miles. I dunno the demographics of those jokers, so are they mostly younger than us? Best I can tell alot of us are over 50, and why Honda stepped out. "We'll be there when they want a GL."
I don't ride a dual purpose, but I won't rule it out. But I can't see ever not havin a true sport tourer in the garage. But the manufacturers seemed to be after the ADV riders. Off roading is not my thing, mostly because so few places you can do it around here. The only reason I haven't been to Alaska is I don't wanna trash one of my rides. Taking that pretty red FJR on all those dirt roads and construction up there just doesn't seem right.
We might be older than most riders, but we're the jokers with disposable income. Most 22 year old riders not gonna have 2-3 bikes in the garage.
BMW not going anywhere, but they covered the ADV guys with the GS ( wasn't it the first such ride?)
Anyway just my :tc1:
I don't ride a dual purpose, but I won't rule it out. But I can't see ever not havin a true sport tourer in the garage. But the manufacturers seemed to be after the ADV riders. Off roading is not my thing, mostly because so few places you can do it around here. The only reason I haven't been to Alaska is I don't wanna trash one of my rides. Taking that pretty red FJR on all those dirt roads and construction up there just doesn't seem right.
We might be older than most riders, but we're the jokers with disposable income. Most 22 year old riders not gonna have 2-3 bikes in the garage.
BMW not going anywhere, but they covered the ADV guys with the GS ( wasn't it the first such ride?)
Anyway just my :tc1: