I’m not 30 anymore and discovered that even owning a dual sport, my mileage was primarily tarmac. I like the OPTION of going off-road for sure, but the reality of what I did with the DSR taught me a lesson. Nothing is as expensive as raising two kids to adulthood and paying for their college. So yes, 30k including tax and license in CA is a chunk of change. I quit smoking cold turkey in 2016 and calculated I have saved 19k not buying a pack a day, so two-thirds there already. For me, I find the bike mind-bending in so many ways. I have no interest in getting my knee down; been there and done that with a different tool. Not interested in high siding again at 140 either. Nope, this is the bike for me. The semi-active suspension would have been science fiction ten years ago to me.

Happy to have my new Italian girlfriend Joy who I can sleep with whenever and wherever I want now.

Saturated orange lol! I love my KTM’s, I have an 1190Adv-R, Superduke GT, ’12 500EXC, and prev. an RC8, 525MXC, and a 250sx, but I’d love to see some modern variety from the Japanese companies. I totally don’t understand why they’re not cashing in on Dualsports and even ADV bikes!

Wrong on so many levels. Please do some reading and comprehension exercises before digesting technical data. Data which you refuse to quote with links for verification. Every single plastic that is now made by petro-chemical sources can be replicated with bio-based products. Your arguing technique reminds me of a light switch with only two positions. The planet is a vast sea of gray area when it comes to describing the issues in this article. I suggest that you learn how to live there before blabbing about topics in which you have lightweight capacity. Please, Bubba, you didn’t even have the decency to apologize for accusing another member of his supposed quote. Want respect for the mumbo-jumbo, then deliver that same respect to your fellow man. You were wrong, so admit it and try to do better.

I agree with you 100%!!

I use the regular suspects in the USA.

Motorcycledaily.com (pretty dead place) Used to live up to it’s name but haven’t been *daily* for a LOOOOONG time, not to mention Dirck banned me for calling the Aprilia SRV850 a Sperm whale with lipstick (rubbed him in a weird way for some reason 🤷‍♂️) , LOL. I still enjoy reading the comment’s section.

Motorcycle.com (Disqus supported).

Cycleworld.com (something else than Disqus used for posting, so I don’t).

Motorcyclistonline.com (I comment as a Guest).

All 3 run by the same iron fist, money hungry & influenced parent company, can’t recall it’s name tho.
They should get their act together and use DISQUS on all 3 sites.
Also, don’t be surprised if one or a few of your comments mysteriously disappears.
I called out MotoGuzzi in a Motorcycle.com article for going back to a multipiece crank construction on one of their late model bikes and my mild criticism comment got taken to Guantanamo Bay for some “water boarding holidays” never to be seen again.
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Non USA based Alternatives (because we want to know what we are missing and not missing):

Motociclismo.it (Italian website, use google translate or something else to translate for you unless you know Italian too, actively updated and maintained).

Motoblog.it (Another Italian, more of a “flashy and way less substance” than Motociclismo.it).

1000ps.at (another foreign site, translator required).

Visordown.com (UK site).

Motorcyclenews.com (another UK site).