I've tried near everything out there .. gtrs stelvios .. multistradas fazers tigers .. ktms ..owned three gses and a varadero ... gses ..unreliable ...vara too much weight
all have some good points .. but all are comprimized ...like the strom I suppose
the big tourers are just to heavy when the going get twisty they just tie up in knots ....like eddys pan I've ridden it many times its a smashing touring bike but as soon as you get in to the guts of the ride ... its cheers ed enjoyed that m8 but I think weel swap back now
OK I've spent a few bob on the strom .. suspension ..brakes ..dyno ect but when they say my bike and ..4 5 6 7 thousand quid ...
my immidiate mental reaction is [you must be ferkin jokin ]
up to 110 mph it ain't gong to be disgraced by anything .. pleanty quick enough with a sixteen tooth front sprocket ... after that on a road I don't care ... done all that .... ithas on occasion susprised and shown a clean pair of heels to bikes with 50 or more horsepower ....
to find something that does all the things the strom does as well is not an easy trick
wether protection comfort decent speed ..grand tourer ...good handling .. cheap to run ..
threres some entertaining bikes
..but most are one or two trick ponies ..but the faster ones would be pissing me off after 75 miles in the rain ,,,and the tourers would bore me to death in places like alitson maze . .. and applecross pass
Got to try the new multistrada and tenere ....but they would have to have all the stroms attributes ..plus compleatley blow me away with the engine and handling ..before they prise me strom and 7 k off me
but heres hoping ...