Good plan. I'd love to do the Stella.
Now there's pretty
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Good plan. I'd love to do the Stella.
The orange/white is a bit bling for a man of refined tastes like myself
How very dare you!
The stock wheels will be fine for that, especially if you’re predominantly on road. Have a look on advrider to we what the standard wheels can cope with off road!
I don't doubt that my ham-fisted off roading would be unl;ikely to break the cast wheels - it was more for the convenience.
And I like the way they look.
I don't doubt that my ham-fisted off roading would be unl;ikely to break the cast wheels - it was more for the convenience.
And I like the way they look.
The convenient thing is certainly a win win. I had a second set of wheels with TKC's on for a GSA and in 15 mins (swap wheels, rotate gear lever down by a couple of splines, rotate bars up .... ) could turn that into off road mode ..
The other thing about buying a set of spoked wheels as a spare set is that when you sell the bike you can sell the spare wheels on their own and comfortably get back about 75% of the initial outlay. All of a sudden the cost over 3 years (6 months for Nutty) isn’t bad at all.
Looks good Stolzy - enjoy.
It is of course the best colour - pity about the orange crash bars
It is of course the best colour - pity about the orange crash bars
Well, I’ve had it for a year so far, and there’s no signs of me selling it anytime soon
It doesn’t seem that long since you jumped feet first into the unknown but you must be enjoying it or it’d be long gone.
Looks good Stolzy - enjoy.
It is of course the best colour - pity about the orange crash bars
They're the best bit.
Sure am. It was the better bike for me than the GS, which was a surprise!
Off Topic: Had a great ride on the 1290 last evening. 3 hrs non-stop Glos/Monmouth/Tintern/Abergavenny/Skenfrith/Monmouth/Home. The only time I wished I was on the GS was when ....nope....must have been mistaken. I did spend my time worrying about the action camera hero car drivers sending in their footage of a bike cruising past and then disappearing into the sunset a few seconds later
My head can't quite get to grips with this bike. I HATE all the pannier options. Without pannier bars the rear looks unfinished, unlike the GSA. No point fitting pannier bars unless I can find a setup that looks right. I've said this before. So at the moment the 1290, for me at least, is just a large hooligan supermoto. A comfortable one. With heated-ish grips and awful headlights. I didn't really need a supermoto type machine.
First service tomorrow.Off Topic: Had a great ride on the 1290 last evening. 3 hrs non-stop Glos/Monmouth/Tintern/Abergavenny/Skenfrith/Monmouth/Home. The only time I wished I was on the GS was when ....nope....must have been mistaken. I did spend my time worrying about the action camera hero car drivers sending in their footage of a bike cruising past and then disappearing into the sunset a few seconds later
My head can't quite get to grips with this bike. I HATE all the pannier options. Without pannier bars the rear looks unfinished, unlike the GSA. No point fitting pannier bars unless I can find a setup that looks right. I've said this before. So at the moment the 1290, for me at least, is just a large hooligan supermoto. A comfortable one. With heated-ish grips and awful headlights. I didn't really need a supermoto type machine.
What don’t you like about the headlights?
I'd have thought you'd be recommending the fitting of a black Akra
He’s already got one!
The headlights on mine are like flipping flood lights? Best bike lights Ive ever had .....
Same on mine
Same on mine
My drl and spots are excellent.
The dipped & main haven’t been used in anger yet, although I did have the OEM bulbs changed to ‘bright white’; however, in due course I may opt for a cyclops LED conversion.
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