bikes poncing about on everything-catered-
for “adventures” – which is not at all in the
spirit of those two intrepid avatars of off-road
glory, Obi Wan and Whatsisname, is it? Shall I
amount of time and grace I spend climbing
turn off the sarcasm now, or have you got it?
single-track mountain passes, I’m far better
Is the Triumph Scrambler XE a better bike
off on a 1982 250 Honda chookie – just so
than the BMW GS?
you know.
Not on any objective level. The GS is brilliant.
That said, I had never considered buying a
dedicated “Adventure” bike. I’ll ride what I got, The Triumph’s certainly less electronically
complex, and normal people will be able to
to wherever it needs to be ridden, or perish
take it everywhere they can imagine they can
in the attempt.
I also don’t much like the overt, almost elitist take a GS. So it’s no less brilliant in my view.
But this is not about which bike is better.
wankery that goes with so much of this new
wave of Adventure rider thing – basically
This is about which bike I would buy if I had
cashed up greybeards with little skill, less of
to choose.
a clue, but with fully-loaded, uber-equipped
And I would buy the Triumph.
STATEMENT 3: I WOULD BUY THIS OVER A GS.
QUALIFIER 3: At my level of skill, and with the
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