Interesting article for anyone looking at the err I'm loath to call them adventure bikes :icon_scratch: but quite a level headed piece.
Nothing attached to your post at my end..??
MCN weekly UK rag!
Quote from: nickjtc on August 12, 2015, 04:06:38 PM
Nothing attached to your post at my end..??
Its actually ink printed onto paper Nick - weird - AND we have to BUY it! :icon_lol:
you can get digital version now too ...................but you still have to buy it . :bug_eye
There's you headline but it's way more complicated than that,it's not just about what they say but what they don't,the Brits have this passion for knocking things, MCN being one of them in roundabout way I ended working for them for 3 years.
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2015/august/new-mcn-august-12-adventure-sport-shootout/
Fully convinced they were just a bunch of dickheads writing any old tosh,so it came as a shock to meet a bunch of hard core if slightly jaded bikers always trapped between the trade and the public,I've a decent CV when it comes to riding bikes and these guys can certainly ride I can tell you.
When the dust settles I'll do a copy but not first day out the trap that's not playing the game,their under enough pressure as it is without me giving all their hard work away for now't.
Quote from: JayDub on August 12, 2015, 04:50:12 PM
Its actually ink printed onto paper Nick - weird - AND we have to BUY it! :icon_lol:
Ooops. My mistake. I used to read it when I lived there.
I might go buy a copy now. I bet the GS wins :icon_rolleyes:
Although,the MCN guy's get stick on YouTube when they say 'nice' things about Triumphs. And its always cos their British .
There you go.
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Expecting rational reporting from MCN is a bit like expecting caring from Mr Osborne......
Like the way its labelled as the 'king of the distance destroyer'! And you still have to lube the chain. Only Triumph and BMW GS offer shaft in that test.
Quote from: iansoady on August 25, 2015, 01:48:40 PM
Expecting rational reporting from MCN is a bit like expecting caring from Mr Osborne......
I'd view both exactly the same it's not about liking either!! there's no viable alternative.
Quote from: threepot on August 25, 2015, 02:56:06 PM
Like the way its labelled as the 'king of the distance destroyer'! And you still have to lube the chain. Only Triumph and BMW GS offer shaft in that test.
As someone who owns two bikes that are shaft drive I'll a chain any day of the week thank you,no matter how old the bike what state it is in or how many miles for what ? 100 quid or so and you can be back to brand new.
Quote from: iansoady on August 25, 2015, 01:48:40 PM
Expecting rational reporting from MCN is a bit like expecting caring from Mr Osborne......
I really like Mr Osbourne. Done a great job in my view but know where you are coming from on MCN.
I didn't enjoy the article, not because the Explorer came bottom in this company, it just didn't read well and in pages I felt it was self contradicting, almost as if they had taken a few paragraphs from all the contributors and thrown it in a blender.
I must admit to being old school when it comes to bikes, read the spec and a few reports from different journos' and then ride the thing.
I did find that the Tex suits me and riding style, it is certainly a better bike than I am a rider!
At the end of the day it is a very personal choice which needs to be made carefully with the aid of subjective writing to help the buyer. Read some of the reports made in the 60s and all is made perfectly clear. Just saying!
Must say I haven't read a bad report or a comparison test and god knows I read quite a few and watched no end of U-Tube clips they all come with a different angle and subtle hints that go over most folks heads and while nearly every test I've seen Ducati supply a stock non electric suspended bike( hint!!) BM have not and until I can get my hands on a stock XR to try I'm doing nothing and of course the new SMT comes at the end of the year but the dealer set up for KTM is dire are at best.
I've even thought of building another low mileage version of mine if all else fails and regardless of what I buy my old 955 is going nowhere.
But I'd be telling porkies if I didn't feel a little smug having built my 17" all those years ago and now they sell like hot cakes some kind of crystal ball e'h :icon_wink:
Quote from: Chris Canning on August 25, 2015, 11:25:16 PM
I've even thought of building another low mileage version of mine if all else fails and regardless of what I buy my old 955 is going nowhere.
But I'd be telling porkies if I didn't feel a little smug having built my 17" all those years ago and now they sell like hot cakes some kind of crystal ball e'h :icon_wink:
That's just it Chris, how many would know how to build the bike they want or modify a present model?
I have built many 'specials' over the years and there will always be a strong market just because they are different.
mmmm, how to build a cruiser round the TEX engine, now there's a thought.
Quite funny really because going through some what of a strange experience or maybe just cold feet after our usual visit to Silverstone for the GP we have a week at home then down to Misano(for 4 days)across to Florence/Pisa a little village called Sospel North of Menton and then on to the Paul Ricard for the Bol.
Nothing of which on the Tiger would mean a thing we've done several trips down there on it,but we are going on the K :icon_confused: for no other reason it hardly ever gets used and knowing how good the Tiger is 3 years ago we did Florence/B'Ham in a day and half is why I/we hesitate on buying the next bike,the K is just a big girls blouse by comparison :icon_lol:
Funny isn't it? I love a fast blast on my Blackbird, and have done France on it a couple of times, but mostly it's the Tiger that gets used these days and having given it a bloody good seeing to since I got back (should've done it before France really but you get so used to just jumping on and going) it's now ready for the next trip although I don't know when that is yet.
Round the doors it's the Maggot that tends to come out now, simply because it's light, easy to move around and quick enough for these nadgery roads.