This is my current Bike, a 2016 Fazer8. I got it about two years ago as a replacement for my old 97 Africa Twin.

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      I did not actually. Even the used “new” ones are well above my budget. So I won´t even make myself want one by trying it out. Judging by the fact that, big rig enduro wise, all I ever see are GS and AT, it shouldn´t be that bad. Still won´t ride one until they are well below 5k used ;-)

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        1 year ago

        you still have any adv? if not, do you miss it?

        right now ive been debating on a sport bike, but i dont really wanna lose that “do-it-all” nature of an ADV

        i could maybe keep 2 but just curious about your situation

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          Nope, don´t really miss it. I sometimes miss the seating position and the wind protection, although the seat itself was awful for long rides, but I don´t miss the “do it all”. And that, I fear, is mainly because at least in the end, I didn´t really do it all any more. See, I live in Germany. Where it´s not trivial to just ride off road. And I never hat the time or budget to really go on adventures. And while I did the off dirt road on the first two sets of tires, I quickly found myself 99% on regular roads. I was too proud to do full stree tires, so I opted for some 80/20 type ones. Still, gravel was as wild as it got. Don´t get me wrong. I had the AT fpr 10 years. And it was just a great touring bike, even on regular roads. I don´t regret not using it “properly”. Still, that fact made it pretty easy to switch to a different style of bike. Not radically different, since I still have relatively upright seating and good wind protection, but different enough to matter.

          So for your situation, I guess look at the way you actually use your current bike. For me, the decision was easy. But if you regularly ride off road, I fully understand your hesitation.

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            ya man thats super reasonable, totes understand. if i were in your shoes i think id go the same route

            i live in Colorado in the US so im off road all the time as im also up around 10k elevation. but it gives me hope that i dont have to “stick” to one.

            ive been a bit afraid of considering not using it anymore but i see all these fast boys riding through switchbacks all cool like and man, it looks so much fun

            im just plodding along. i think maybe one or two more summers and if i still dont have the space, ill probs move on to something else and buy like a small, dedicated off roader

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              What do you ride then? Because just because you haven an ADV doesn´t have to make you slow. When I ride in Austria, in the alps, with serious switchbacks as well, somehow the big 1200GS are often faster than the sport bikes. Feels like that bumblebee situation, where they actually can´t fly but since nobody told them that, they do it anyway.

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                Feels like that bumblebee situation, where they actually can´t fly but since nobody told them that, they do it anyway.

                ive never heard this before so i hope you dont mind if i steal it

                im on a KLR 650, so essentially a pig, but i bought it for that “legendary reliability” but after a bunch of years with it, im starting to get that itch

                my biggest problem with “fast” advs is how $$$ they are, at least here in Colorado but sport bikes are still pretty reasonably priced

                i think 2020 and all that shit really created this giant market for advs and the mark ups feel a little nuts

                my real honest to goodness dream is to have a nice adv and a some sort of track toy, but that cost money which is getting harder to find

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                  If you live near a track or mountains or canyons, sport bike will be fun. If you want to do longer rides, they will be kinda crappy unless they’re sport-touring.

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                    lol ya i literally live up in the mountains practically in a canyon. some of butlers best roads are very near me

                    im also super close to a bunch of BDRs and national land. its real good problems to have but the grass is always greener i guess

                    i just see some of these dudes fly by and i just get envious. im trying to save/convince my partner to let me get one of them new ninja-400s. they just so cheap i could see that as being a fun time

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        I tried the newer one and honestly… didn’t like it. I found the fueling to be jerky and the LCD screen was distracting. Plus everything I wanted to change on the bike seemed to be 2-3 levels deep in menus. Riding wise is was nice. Cruise control was freaky as hell!