Dual-Sporters/Adventurers of Maryland and Nearby
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I'm wondering this too. Would one of my street bikes (kawi versys) be reasonable for this? I've done forest roads in VA on a vtr1000 superhawk before...dirtygrunt wrote:Yup....talk to the locals to find the best worst roads.
Maybe you should also set your parameters...is the a DS ride?
A big bike friendly ride?
A 400cc and below with knobs ride?
Trials tires allowed. WTF?
The Versys is much like my FZ-09 and I'm riding it. Some DS tires will help a lot.Marylander wrote:I'm wondering this too. Would one of my street bikes (kawi versys) be reasonable for this? I've done forest roads in VA on a vtr1000 superhawk before...dirtygrunt wrote:Yup....talk to the locals to find the best worst roads.
Maybe you should also set your parameters...is the a DS ride?
A big bike friendly ride?
A 400cc and below with knobs ride?
Trials tires allowed. WTF?
with street tires, we will be the entertainment committee!Marylander wrote:Cool, I'm a definite maybe then. I'll just stick to the pilot roads I've got on there. Who knows, maybe it'll
inspire me to put on other tires when these wear out.
Heh, I wonder if I should take the side bags off. Bikes are my main transportation but at least I've got another street bike if I get to be too "entertaining". ;)Kyler wrote:with street tires, we will be the entertainment committee!
Yes, 17's would be fine. These are usually rides that could be done on any street bike. Just more fun on a bike w/ longer suspension...thetable wrote:From the sounds of things, I could bring the touring 'tard 650 or the 350 on 17s, but when the 17s come out, I'm (more) prone to misbehavior.
Are you talking about the one that you and I did?Wingfixer wrote: I still have the route you laid out for the DS ride that started at JT's. When I did the test ride it was an all day deal on some pretty "interesting" roads and went a ways into PA. It wouldn't be hard to add a couple roads to that and make it a multi-day ride. I agree that this should be aimed at more of a true DS ride. Maybe not road bike friendly but not 450 required either (think Kyler's FZ-09 ADV thing). I might even bring out the Distznias for the general entertainment quality.
As I remember the QOFE, the OFG and Bandit enjoyed that loop on the real BigBird! (and I don't remember fitting any knobbies?)Bucho wrote:Are you talking about the one that you and I did?Wingfixer wrote: I still have the route you laid out for the DS ride that started at JT's. When I did the test ride it was an all day deal on some pretty "interesting" roads and went a ways into PA. It wouldn't be hard to add a couple roads to that and make it a multi-day ride. I agree that this should be aimed at more of a true DS ride. Maybe not road bike friendly but not 450 required either (think Kyler's FZ-09 ADV thing). I might even bring out the Distznias for the general entertainment quality.
That was a pretty fun loop. I think we had our Suzuki's outfitted w/ street tires and those seemed about the perfect bike to me. (DR650 w/ sumo wheels/tires, and a DRZ400 w/ distancias)
