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We Were Right All Along

leehenty

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I was reading this article about bike prices and adventure bike alternatives, check out the first bike on list.... :clapping:

 

https://www.bikerandbike.co.uk/cheaper-a...nture-bike

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It's a shame they didn't realise the 850 is the better choice...

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Quote::good: :good: :good:

It's a shame they didn't realise the 850 is the better choice...
I'm not brave enough to open that chestnut
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And for some reason has decided to call them Urban Stealth Tactical Assault Bikes.
Urban Stealth Tactical Assault Bikes??? :um:

"bell end" was the phrase that came to my mind....

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I never heard of the term, that bit of the article is a bit daft but he's right about costs
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Can't say enough good things about mine, specifically it's reliability. It comes with 'known faults' that are easily rectified but after that it's rock solid. Can't see me getting rid of mine !

<p style="text-align:center;">Ohlins, PC3, fuel cut defeat, +4deg timing, 17" front wheel.
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Nor me, I've had mine 17 years, did all the rectification stuff years ago, got 40k on clock now, apart from one cam sensor that failed at home, it's been stone reliable.
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It's a shame they didn't realise the 850 is the better choice...

Must admit, I totally agree. Having ridden the pink TDM for awhile and owned two 8fiddlys the old ones have, IMHO, better ergos for rough travel standing up. Higher bars on a pink one may close that gap..

 

Yeah but nah, that article demonstrates perfectly why I still have the TDM. They are really hard to replace without selling someones kidney.
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My brother paid £20,000 for a GSA 1250, more than I have spent on all bikes put together my entire life.

Yes it's ok I suppose if you want all that complicated stuff and very powerful, but it kills your budget for actually going places. I'm sticking with the "old nail" as he calls it, like a pair of comfortable old shoes.
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Quote:My brother paid £20,000 for a GSA 1250, more than I have spent on all bikes put together my entire life.

Yes it's ok I suppose if you want all that complicated stuff and very powerful, but it kills your budget for actually going places. I'm sticking with the "old nail" as he calls it, like a pair of comfortable old shoes.
 

 

I wonder what his next 20k miles will cost him, compared to yours, only to arrive at the destination at the same time as you ? Wink

<p style="text-align:center;">Ohlins, PC3, fuel cut defeat, +4deg timing, 17" front wheel.
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Never in doubt Big Grin

 

Yeah, lots doing new bikes on PCP.  All they're doing is renting and paying for the depreciation.
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So what are these off road tyres of which he writes?
<p><p>BSA C15T, Ducati 200 Elite, Villiers Cub Trials Bitsa, Ariel Huntmaster, AJS 650 CSR, Sunbeam S7, Suzuki 650 Katana, Honda 400-4, Bultaco 350 Sherpa, Cotton Minarelli, Fantic 303, Yamaha SRX 400, Yamaha 550 Virago, Kawasaki ZZR 1100,
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we both arrive within a few minutes of each other, me being slower means he usually gets the coffee in, so another saving right there. He had a puncture and he couldn't power his compressor because canbus said no. TDM to the rescue. Made up for all the TDM jokes. Not Tedium, This Does More😃
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Quote:we both arrive within a few minutes of each other, me being slower means he usually gets the coffee in, so another saving right there. He had a puncture and he couldn't power his compressor because canbus said no. TDM to the rescue. Made up for all the TDM jokes. Not Tedium, This Does More

Like it ! :rotflmmfao:
<p style="text-align:center;">Ohlins, PC3, fuel cut defeat, +4deg timing, 17" front wheel.
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Quote:.....he couldn't power his compressor because canbus said no. ...

He he he!!

 

So what could it power?

Not much point in a power socket if it can't deliver power!

Or did he connect direct to the battery? Does canbus know aboout that? Questions, questions ....

 

... but mostly :banana: :locco: :rotflmmfao:
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It can power a sat nav apparently, there is a specific plug in canbus box of tricks that lets you power high current devices. £60, but he didn't put one on. He has since rectified this. I don't understand exactly how,but connecting directly to the battery still throws up faults, like everything is monitored all the time. It must be as it's a keyless bike and has data connected in the bike. No phone needed. It's also tracked.

I prefer nice and simple TDM's. Key in start and go.
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I sometimes work in a dealership where they put these BMW boikes together oooot of the crates.



One of guys was plugged in to a boike and tippy tapping on his magic patooota and I asked what he was doing. He was programming it for those silly blinding spaceship lights. I laughed thinking he was joking so he explained to me that without tippy tapping in the option....you can connect silly blinding spaceship lights...but they ain't gonna work.
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I never found a key that hard to operate but I suppose you have to keep things to a level of idiot proofing that suits your customer base. :hide:

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Because spaceship light need to be assigned a device id on the network. Nowt wrong with good old fashioned wires and relay.
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Yep glad to be back on a TDM, love my 900 but sort of regret selling my 850 a few years ago.

 

More power to the twin!

 

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