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[vilguy]

"Media publishes something not true" non-shocker. Lot of people getting worked up over not a lot.

Only time I want the bike to be popular and in demand is when I'm selling one.

me too, unfortunately it always seem to turn out that they print a big article saying said bike is amazing a month after ive sold it.

dl1000
zx6r
thunderace
Aprilia caponord
r1150gsa

They have done it too me 5 times in a row now!

[newstu]

just mooching through this post and thinking about what it was that made me change my XT660 for the TDM

I was looking for something a little less 'full on', a gentler, more comfortable ride - something that I could cover some distance on.
I didn't want to spend a fortune on something that I knew I wouldnt ride on a daily basis.
I loved the riding position of the XT and didnt want to get too far from this (fairly upright - able to make eye contact with others on the road)

I was influenced by a good mate of mine who has been riding for years, commutes daily on a 50 mile round trip on his bike, spanners and buys motorcycles for the Old Bill and therefore, gets to ride a lot of different motorcycles to their limits. He rates the TDM as one of the best value, underated bikes ever and he couldnt say enough good things about it.

Strangely enough though, he rides a GS! - how does that work??

[sidestand]

New GS is only slightly more expensive than the list price of a new TDM these days !
That's how it works

[harvey krumpet]

I was talking to the editor of a kiwi bike mag recently & he said more or less the same thing as Bike mag. "easy to live with but boring". I asked him when was the last time he rode 600k's + on a bike & felt great at the end? No answer...
Ah well, I will just keep on smugly racking up the mile's on the cheap & baiting sprot bikes while the mag's push bling & fantasy's.