Adventure Motorcycles are a SCAM / Here is Why
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- Опубликовано: 17 фев 2024
- In todays video am going to discuss the truth in my opinion on adventure motorcycles and why they are a scam
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Who needs hi tech when you got a spoon for the microphone. lol
WOW. Great vid. I'm a 72yr young biker. Totally agree with what your saying. Owned numerous bikes over the years. Watched the price of bikes go thru the roof!! I've solo toured across the US and Canada numerous times. 95% on pavement. My fav bike was a 76 BMW, R75/6. ZERO electronics on it. Even kept the original points/condenser ignition system. This was before the internet, GPS, and cell phones. All I had was a road map tucked in the top of my tank bag! Owned that BMW for 26 yrs. ZERO problems. Was forced to sell due to a career change. Felt like I sold my soul. One thing I've learned is: Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. The more complexity, the more weight, the more repairs, the more drama. Keep your bikes, and your life simple. Ride safe everyone.
I took a KTM 990 DAKAR from Shetland islands 16,000km to Western Sahara and back. I met a guy from the UK riding a HONDA C90. He left me for dust on the sand and tracks.
Can you provide a link for your mic-spoon? I'm using a spatula and getting a lot of background noise.
I have an adventure bike, it’s a 14’ Triumph Bonneville. It’s an adventure bike because every time I go out for a ride, I’m on an adventure.
After years on dirt bikes, I bought a 1000 V-Strom for $500 with light damage to see if I wanted to get any deeper into ADV type riding. It was already scratched so taking chances off road would be no big deal, so I put some 70/30 tires on it and pushed it around on gravel in the Northern California coastal range.
Vast majority of adventure bike owners never go off road. If they do go “off road” it is down a dirt road - a road that most standard bikes can easily go down. Want to regularly go down dirt roads, put a different set of tires on it. Want to really go off road, buy a cheap dirt bike and have fun.
This dude is spitting straight facts. All these reasons is exactly the conclusion I came to. I was obsessed with a with a big 1200cc + adventure bike but, constantly clawingin the back of my mind was the negative realities of such a bike... lifting it, manhandling it in crappy conditions especially fatigued and the limitations of it in really getting off the beaten track. So I ended up with a 500cc enduro bike and have begun farkling the hell out of it. 110kg wet weight is an excellent starting point. Certainly not the on road experience of the bigger bikes, but certainly tolerable for my ultimate destinations.
Here in India, there is a strong message reminding tourers that, "any bike you have can tour" I've toured a lot of countries, and one thing i learned... weight supercede everything else. A 300-500 cc engine bike on a reliable platform with ground clearance and proper tires, will do wondrous on adventure than any other bigger bikes.
The empty bookshelf and spoon microphone convinced me, before you even said a word.
Bikes like the GS1200 are equivalent to a Range Rover with low profile tyres, which in UK get called a 'Chelsea Tractor' ( Chelsea is a very posh area of London ) and those massive 4X4 never go off tarmac and may never even leave London. You have to be mad or brave to take a 600lb bike off the tarmac, so what happens is that to find a GS1200 you go to local bikers cafe where the owner will be drinking Cappuccino...
You can ride around the world on a 500cc anything. People have been off road riding and touring on old modified road bikes since ww11. Japanese bikes from the 80's and 90's are built well and still supported around the world today. Modern adventure bikes are too heavy, tall, and powerful.
The motorcycle industry is just another example of the big marketing strategy that moved from the "what" to "why". They convince you about a dream or an idea and make you think their product is the only way to achieve it...take the example of gopro camera ads: big advertisement of the adventure etc...but people end up buying them and use them in the swimming pool recording their kids.
(1) I think people very often don't understand what means to use a lot of strength. Anyone who goes to gym understands this. For example, once you did your squats set, you're done for the day. No matter what you do for the rest of the day (even if you take a nap), you're done. The same with motorcycle lifting. If you lift it couple of times, you're done for the day. You will be tired, harder to concentrate, paying less attention to environment, etc. Big amount of muscles used close to the maximum power exerts the body immediately, and makes your brain go into power saving mode. This is dangerous.
This is one of the most honest and truthful videos on this subject. I recently bought a 2012 BMW f650gs for $1,500, then fixed a few things that needed repair, bought engine crash bars, panniers (Givi,) Michelin Anakee Adventures, and changed out the heavy lead battery and regulator for a lithium battery making the bike less top heavy. In total, I spent about $4,500 in total on the bike, and this thing is like new. It already had a skid plate and top box (Vario) and I could not be happier with the Givi's. I have taken it off road on gravel, small rocks, and sand and it did fine. I don't need any more power than this has, and I bring gear like my tent, chairs, stove, etc. and this bike is all I need. It doesn't have fancy electronics, but I don't need it. It's simple and easy to maintain, and very easy to handle. Thanks for saying what many of us want to say.
This is a much needed discussion. The man speaks the truth of many valid issues of a big bike's enormous cost, the many dangers of a heavy bike, the costly repairs and the staggering depreciation that a long journey will do to one's bike. Thank you!
Just wanted to add to the topic. Last year I was in Iceland on my 650 honda, and I could go literally anywhere despite having luggage on. On the same hand, I met a lot of people on BMW GS's which when we spoke, they also admitted that because of the bike of their choosing they just physically cannot travel to the places that I did because of couple of factors. Those being the weight of the motorcycle, the lack of strength to pick them up repeatedly and when they would break down, they just couldn't repair them themselves. On the other hand, with my limited experience, I didn't drop my bike even once, I memorized my service book to be able to do almost all my repairs on the road, I packed super lightly, which my friends couldn't believe, when they saw how little stuff I took, and I prepared the bike before the trip so I made sure that everything is up for the task. Knowing this, knowing my needs as a rider, I would never pick a heavy motorcycle because it's just not made for the type of lightweight go anywhere type of adventure I prefer. And as you said, I also when traveling back home, met the same guys that came with me on the ferry, and were just sad, because they did not go where they wanted and I was kind of bummed that when I showed them my footage and photos they just felt like they've been scammed, because they just did not visit and could not visit those places because of the bikes they've chosen. Thank you, and take care Miles!
I think you need to define how and where you're travelling. For example, you can tour the Cameroon on paved roads or via muddy tracks. My brother toured much of the world back in the 1990s on the original F650. When he eventually came home he said if he was to do it again he would take a Honda 125 because it's the most you need most of the time, parts are everywhere, every country can fix it and if the worst comes to the worst you just throw it away and buy another one!!! The Honda 125 Trail would be perfect. However, if you need to mount the kerb at your local supermarket then you definitely need a fully loaded GS Adventure.
I have a 2006 Intruder M800. Only has 55 horsepower. Some friends of mine were going on an "adventure" ride and I said I wanted to join. They all had €30k adv bikes and they said they were going to go off road. That's fine I said. My Intruder has a shaft drive.
My T7 1) takes me to work, 2) takes me on scenic back roads, 3) takes me to the off road vehicle park. It does all of these things extremely well, and is an absolute joy to ride. Yes, when going off road, it is only a matter of time before it ends up on the ground. That is why I don't go off road alone. More fun to ride with a buddy anyway. Totally understand and agree with the topic, Free Miles MC - so many people need to hear this. Thank you and I think your red Yamaha is a cool bike!!!!