The dark side

[abruzzi]

As I wait for insurance companies and dealers make my tiger whole again, I couldn't really wait.  I had been on a lookout for a KTM 640 adv, but ended up with a completely different bike:

[sanjoh]

The $ must of been burnin a hole in your pocket :D

Nice bike.

[pit0rz]

Very nice!  How's the collarbone doin?

[JetdocX]

SWWWWWEEEEEEET! :D

[abruzzi]

Collar bone is good.  I have to see the ortho one last time to make sure he's happy.  The KTM is an interesting bike.  Lighter and lower CoG means I can pick it up by my self when I drop it. (Which I did many time trying to ride through a silt filled arroyo.)

Like a lot of V-Twins I've ridden, the power is deceptive.  It's there, you just don't seem to realize it because it's such a lumpy vibey engine.  It'd probably be pretty evenly matched with a 955 in basic acceleration and power/weight.  Its much more confident (or I am) on dirt or sand than the 955i, but the tiger is a much better long distance touring bike: smoother engine, better fuel economy, longer tank range, more comfy seat.

My friend Bruce has a 950 as well, and he has been working on finding a route from here to Moab (~400-500 miles) all off pavement.  That will be the ultimate test for me on a big bike off road.  Little dirtbikes are easy compared to any of these beasts.

Geof

[fano]

A beauty.

[aeronca]

thats a kick ass bike. enjoy

[WIDGIN]

Nice one.  Not as pretty as a Tiger but I'm sure it's more dirtworthy.  Hope this doesn't mean TigerTriple.com will become an orphan like the black site.  :(

[Stretch]

I'll step up if it comes to that.

[flux]

an orphan like the black site.  :(

Watch out dude, someone will pull the race card with talk like that!   :lol:

Glad you are enjoying that 950 Geof.  So, did you do a fly n ride or ship it?

[abruzzi]

Hah, never.  I still have the Tiger, even if it's in the shop for a while.  Just got a brand new set of Thunderbike Crash bars in the mail last week, and the Happy Trail Panniers came today.

Unfortunately we just discovered a hole punched in the clutch cover and broken water pump outlet...

I just can't not ride, so the Katoom seemed like a fun brother to the tigger while I wait.  (And I can tell you, even though it's more dirt worthy than the T, it still sucks badly in the loose arroyo silt/sand.  But being a bit lighter, I can pick it up when it falls every 100 yards.)

Geof

($500 to ship from OR to NM, slow as hell though.  Can't they do overnight bike shipping?)