Amos Malone
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Key-less start would be nice.
The keyless on my 2011 Multistrada worked great and i had nothing to complain about with it.Have any of the motorcycle companies reliably implemented keyless start other than Harley? I feel that they're the only brand I don't hear complaints about.
The stupid place Yamaha put the key on my FZ 09 makes me want keyless start 😁
I thought "oh, fuel gauge, that'll be nice" - cept it don't work and I don't care enough to fix itLess weight would be nice across most bikes/brands. The trend to ever increase HP and weight is out of control IMHO but YMMV....
And yes I ride a R1200 GSA....
My KLX will go over a hundred miles on a tank but I won’t!I believe it's an "entry bike" thread. For entry bike, I want something light as possible with a low cog. Hell, I've been riding a long time and I'm a big guy and anything over 400lbs pretty much turns me off. Big fan of what most consider entry or midsize bikes. I've had bikes that hold 5 gallons up high and I don't miss em. Most new riders haven't built up the endurance ( or desire) to blast out hundreds of miles in one sitting. Some days it might take me 6-8hrs to burn a tank of fuel. But I ride mountain backroads on the east coast. If I lived some place that I needed to traverse huge expanses at I might have a different perspective. As it is, I'll take refilling one more time vs having to straddle a fuel barge all the time.
my daily commute is longerish and there is 1 gas station on the way between my house and my office. It happened to be closed the other day, and I was sure happy to have nearly 2 gals worth of reserve 🤣My KLX will go over a hundred miles on a tank but I won’t!
There is also a question of what "Entry level" means. To me it doesn't necessarily mean beginner. It could be for experienced rider entering different class of bikes and wishing to do so at low-ish cost. Race to Adventure bikes, etc.
"two brakes and a clutch" and also a gear shift, shift into correct gear.
Fuse box could be great for people traveling on Adventure Bikes to power extra lights, satnav or heat the grips in bad weather.
If you are a beginner it might be nice that the bike you bought had some amount of features. So you wouldn't be forced to replace it with unfamiliar bike as your experience grows and you wish to try more things.
Rolling a 500 lb bike with one hand and spraying the chain with the other hand is a lost art.I've never used a center stand. Even when I had bikes that had em. That's something that eludes me
😁 Scott oiler, my man.Rolling a 500 lb bike with one hand and spraying the chain with the other hand is a lost art.
Really? I love having a center stand on a bike, if its in the garage its almost always on it and then I don't need extra swingarm stands when I have multiple bikes down for maintenance. Sometimes in front of the brewery I have to assert dominance over the other casual riders and have to pop it up on the center stand toI've never used a center stand. Even when I had bikes that had em. That's something that eludes me
I loved my fz6r with a close ratio 4th-6th. My gen1 strom and gen3 klr are seamless in the top gears. I hate 1st to 2nd on 90% of bikes. As I bang shifted my strom today I pondered the neutral on the bottom pitbike engines. But 4 gears are easier to count than a 6 speed. I treated my xt225 as a 4 speed after 5 years of abuse as a 6 speed. 1st and 6th were never used. My drzsm was impressive on intesection turns from a stop in 2nd gear. This is the ultimate cheat. Your riding buddy will have to catch 1st to 2nd in the kink of the apex. Gets other riders bewildered how you pulled off such a fast turning takeoff.I recently accidentally discovered my V-strom does quick shift. It's somewhat clunky from 1st to 3rd. 4th to 6th is fairly smooth.
Likewise , I always use my center stand if parking for more than an hourReally? I love having a center stand on a bike, if its in the garage its almost always on it and then I don't need extra swingarm stands when I have multiple bikes down for maintenance. Sometimes in front of the brewery I have to assert dominance over the other casual riders and have to pop it up on the center stand to