Good Article

H

hardyklr

Guest
imported post

imported post

Have to agree. Ride a simple bike you can afford to own and work on yourself. Make sure it is reliable and well maintained. Equip it with good, solid, and useful accessories. Then ride it instead of typing about it....
 
D

dooveman

Guest
imported post

imported post

Hmm, he did seem a little over the top on the criticism of the masses. He is obviously part of the top 1% of riders with regards to the adventures he has been on.

But one thing I think he doesn't explain is the difficulty to getting into the sport. You can get into it with reletive ease as long as you have riding friends, time, and mechanical prowess. Simple for some riders, I think that it is a challenge for most.

Let's face it, DS riding is sexy, baby:mi:, yeah! There are alot of people that get into it and have very good intentions to become a great adventurer. But after a couple years of struggling to get out there, they eventually give up and sell off everything. So I wouldn't go so far as to say people are posers, but more dreamers who dream like all of us to get out there and experience the world and all of it's natural adventures.

That's why it's important to have places like this where people can find others to ride with, and get great advice on repairs, options, and maintanence. Todays dreamer can become tomorrows great adventurer. So my advice to people would be become a DSBC member, get out there when you see open invitations, and get divorced!:)

Brian
 
D

dirtdoug

New member
imported post

imported post

I think he's going on about guys who post up about any and every ride they ever do. As a guy who's been published in a couple motorcycle rags it's amazinghow much better my articles can come out with some good editing. Brings a stronger focus. Plus I can't spell....

That being said ( and I think that was his point) you don't have to read every word somebody posts up. Lots of posts have gold in them for the adventurer, dreamer; I'm amazed at the quality of the photos on this site. Lots of posts are for friends or for those who went on the ride and want more info then the casual browser.

I liked this article because of the balance between having the latest and greatest toy and having the budget to actually use it. Motorcycling can be cheap.
 
D

dooveman

Guest
imported post

imported post

Yes, I agree on that point. I went on some BMW training and everyone had 1200 gs's except myself. I have a KLR. They have their place but I feel that people are buying them without a clear understanding of their benefits and issues. These were people that intended to ride these bikes on B rides. Not a big deal for a very experienced rider but these were new riders or converts from the street. And they were on average about 40 yrs. old and somewhat out of shape.

What sold them on the bike was the same marketting that sells a new hummer. Some even get custom outfits to match. One guy only weighed 90 lbs. He ended selling everything and getting out of DS all together. It was too bad. If he had rode a 400 or even 250 he would have had a great time.

Also, the high tech arguement fools alot of new people into thinking technology is good. So his point on that is valid as well.

Me, I have "The Long Way Round" to thank for showing me the issues with 600lb bikes. Even my KLR is really too heavy. But I need the range.

Anyway, overall a good message to get out to those people that will throw their money after cool and big.

And yeah, there are alot of ride reports out there. It would be great if they could get catalogued so that when someone wants to ride somewhere they could go to a repository of reports and find one that is applicable. Including a GPS route. I've seen a few sites like that for different states. Common format of report and gps. Maybe someone could come up with a DSBC trip report template. Asks some important basic info and then lets the person be creative. I don't know.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top