{"id":97,"date":"2007-07-12T11:25:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-12T11:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2007-07-12T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2007-07-12T11:25:51","slug":"grrr-what-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/grrr-what-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Grrr what bike!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The thing with most real bikers is that you can only afford one bike – my current employer certainly doesn’t see the need to pay me enough to run two – which boils down to the reality of having to chose a bike with way to many tricks to make it amazing.<\/p>\n

I need a bike that will happily send me 27 miles down the A1 each morning, then crawl through Central London traffic. Okay easy, I need a commuter bike.<\/p>\n

I need a bike that will tour the UK and the rest of the world on tarmac. Okay easy, I need a tourer.<\/p>\n

I need a bike that will tour far away places that have no roads and take me on an adventure. Okay easy, I need an adventure bike.<\/p>\n

Bugger.<\/p>\n

\"Hafod<\/a>So I need a good all-rounder – the CBF600 has been amazing, it’s a commuter that will happily take a shed load of luggage, not complain and let me tour the UK and beyond…. but it starts to get a bit limited when you hit even the most benile of b-roads.<\/p>\n

That’s left me with a few other options, the BMW GS1200<\/a>, the KTM Adventure<\/a>, or maybe something from the far side, the Aprilia ETV 1000.<\/a> The BMW is too flashy and everyone has one, the KTM is too tall and the Aprilia, well that’s just about right… except I’ve just discovered they are being discontinued.<\/p>\n

Bugger.<\/p>\n

So what now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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