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#1 | tyre kicking... datum

Sun May 13, 2018 11:27 pm

I stopped by Cotswold Motorrad in Cheltenham today to kick some tyres.

Rationale is that the Triumph Explorer will have to go. It's a good bike but not for me. It has not provided a ride free of hip pain and is just too top heavy for my liking. I prefer riding the RS so if I am going to get pain on a long trip, I may as well ride the bike I prefer to ride and just munch the ibuprofen like smarties.

So, I can afford to run 2 bikes so what to replace it with? I enjoyed a 90 minute ride on a T120 Bonneville Black when the Explorer had a service. It has a chain though. Moto Guzzi are due to bring out a new range of bikes based on a new engine, with a retro adventure bike called the V85. No idea when that will be launched, though. So, I thought I would take a look at the RNineT range. Ouch, ouch and really fucking ouch on the Racer. How do people ride the scrambler? The seat is a plank, I guess you are supposed to stand up as you go down the Kings Road of Shoreditch High Street.

So having ruled out the "heritage" bikes I was tempted to sit on a R1200GS Rallye TE. It felt like a favoured slipper and so much easier to move about due to the lower centre of gravity.

So, come on Moto Guzzi, get a wiggle on and save me from buying another BMW...

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#2 | RE: tyre kicking... datum

Sun May 13, 2018 11:47 pm

Forget the T racer, scrambler, urban GS and just try the standard 9T or the pure if you want to save a few quid. There is a factory comfort seat available which would help with comfort and the bike is just such a laugh. Truly amazing handling and a real pleasure to be on. IMO

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#3 | RE: tyre kicking... datum

Mon May 14, 2018 12:44 am

Zitat von Duds im Beitrag #2
Forget the T racer, scrambler, urban GS and just try the standard 9T or the pure if you want to save a few quid. There is a factory comfort seat available which would help with comfort and the bike is just such a laugh. Truly amazing handling and a real pleasure to be on. IMO

I know they would be fun but I tried all variants - peg position is just not right on any of them. There was one version with a £6000 paint job that looked like a Wurlitzer organ or French Accordion.

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