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One of those, if I'm honest, fits the bill for me - the model with panniers is within my price range, and, it's just that nice level above a true 'Doof Doofer', such as a Himalayan. Though, there's rumored to be a (very different to the 400cc Hima) Watercooled 450 coming, in various Indian websites, that usually get it right.
And, I've got an entire Kayaba front end from my CR to put on the KLR, and I'm sure I can make up a rear shock to give it a leg up on the most criticized part of the new KLRs.
You do Desert, TG? So I'm sure you are familiar with the 'BRP'. I've always put forward a BRP (XR650R), as they are so lovingly called by owners of them, as being a fantastic basis for a more 'spritely' 650 ADVer from Honda. Put that 700cc Electric Start engine from their quads in the 650s alloy chassis, with mods for a bit of carrying capacity, and there'd be a worthy Honda rival for the KTM690 - KTHusky 701. But, it will never happen...
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My KLR's are the Adventure model with the bags, lights and a little extra protection. They're a blast to ride and I actually enjoy wrangling them on single-track. They've got great range and once I get a Cogent shock and fork kit in'em, they'll be capable of a bit 'better pace' off-road.
Have you seen new dirt bikes languishing in showrooms with huge markdowns? No, you haven't because since COVID the industry's biggest problem is lack of stock in anything. Used bike prices are through the roof.
This is the best time since the early 70's boom for a manufacturer to jump into dirt bike manufacturing.
Everything being sold out is awesome. Going to be some good used bike deals in a year or two and hopefully if 1/3 of the Covid new comers stay in it we should be good for quite a few years for all things moto.
To lend credence to my "educated guess" Triumph just released there newest prototype motorcycle, the TE-1, which is an electric model shown below. Also you will find a link to a Cycle World article about this venture below too. This shows that they are serious about electric motorcycles and common sense would lead me to believe that is the direction that their off-road bikes are headed. Remember, you heard it here first!
Oh, also regarding projected horsepower, Triumph is claiming 174 BHP on the prototype model below!
https://www.cycleworld.com/story/motorcycle-news/triumph-te-1-electric-…
They've already been talking to the AMA and Feld. The change is coming, I'm just not sure when.
Motorsport also exist off the back of paying fans as well. I am still not convinced that many motorsports trust that electric racing can generate big money from hosting fees and/or ticket sales, not yet anyway. If the biggest cheer in SX is for a guy making a main on a 125, then you don't have to be a genius to see why championship organisers are concerned about removing the sound entirely.
Let me put it this way: if you were given a choice between reading a glossy, beautifully made, well-written, well laid out, newspaper that had last month's news in it, or a simple black-and-white newspaper that had today's news - which would you choose to read?*
*It's a trick question: nobody reads newspapers anymore. No matter how good they were or weren't, they're all relics of the past now, seemingly overnight, and that is precisely my point. Good luck, Triumph.
Pit Row
For the longest time, guys on here would breathlessly speculate as to whether Suzuki or Kawi or Honda might go back to building two-strokes. They even said Triumph should build one. Funny, isn't it, how all that speculation suddenly stopped once the Stark Varg broke cover? Denial is a precious thing, for it offers such lovely comfort to those averse to change - this I understand - but ya gotta know when to wake up and smell the coffee.
Your tax dollars at work no doubt.
Another item you might want to take note of:
Ford sez Full speed ahead with EVs!
https://fortune.com/2022/02/04/ford-...M-FJwHyvqre90U
The FIA set up a WMSC Electric Motorsport committee to set out regulations for electric racing..... in 1990. It took another 25 years before anything of merit actually happened on that front.
In 2001 the FIA announced karting was going 4-stroke for its classes because the wave was upon us. Guess what? We're still racing carbed 2-strokes. What happens on the road doesn't mean the same will happen on the track.
There's a heavy cultural element to motorsport. Removing sound and smell from something so fundamental to the culture of bikes might have unintended consequences that might not be a good thing. The lack of sound might make it hard to sell out stadiums, or charge the same as before. There's so many little things. Dirtbikes is a specialist market too, this can't be forgotten.
I don't think anyone predicted 23 years ago when Napster appeared that we'd have a market now with vinyl sales growing AND old music making up 70% of the market share.
It's funny you say 'wake up and smell the coffee'. It demonstrates the acute mechanism within our brain to correlate certain smells with emotion
What is your point?
And if you had a offer from a big team already , like star , pc or ktm/gas gas /husky or honda , Would you take the triumph deal with out a bike in production ?
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