TDM In town

[iand1947]

<!--quoteo(post=23694:date=Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 10:26 PM:name=prasi00)-->QUOTE(prasi00 @ Sun 3rd Dec 2006, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Hm do you mean a KTM adventure 950? I really fancy that but the prices are a bit steep. Plus i cant iamgine that being a better bike in town than the TDM? Honda transalp seems a good choice but a dont have a car and my bike has to do everything from all day courriering to shopping and touring in europe two up when the chance comes. I would also consider the Africa twin but prices seem to be artifically high - it seems to me that for arounf 2500 I can pick up much newer/better and with lower milage TDM.
So far I've owned a Hornet 600 - great fun around town but very windy out of town - plus not very good in the wet.
Then i had a fazer 400 - kind of good compromise between economy and performance but just not enough of the letter and I just finished the bike pretty quick for riding it on the limit.
Right now I have a fazer 600 00 model which again is good in town but i am looking for smt absorbing potholes better(bad back).<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The TDM will be a better all rounder than the others you've mentioned, if you include the need for pillion-friendly touring. Fazers drive me scatty in traffic - the TDM's torque makes it less neurotic; there is still the low end jerkiness/clutch control issue mentioned earlier (which is helped by doing the easy airbox adjustment) - but give one a try and see how it feels. Most of all, it's a bike that can be adapted in all sorts of ways to suit your needs.