What Would You Buy Instead? (Hypothetical Scenario)

[SeizedBalt]

 

 

I guess I’d look at something like a Versys 1000.

 

On paper the Versys 1000 is a monster: about 35hp more than the TDM.  Heavier, granted but still!  I also looked at those last year.  One was going for about €4K here, lowish km. But wasn't ready to buy.

 

I should also say that my TDM sits alongside a Moto Guzzi V11 as my “pretty” bike that’s not entirely practical, but has bags of character.
 

 

Jealous.

 

I have long had a very spot patch for the V11 Sport (the model with the top fairing).  I rode one after the TL to get a taste and I really liked it.  Heavy, but planted.

 

I've never been brave enough to own an Italian as my only bike (for the first 15 years of my road-going life I'd only ever had a bike so it had to start each and every time, all year round) and never rich enough to buy one as a second bike.