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MOKE1K · 06-17-2009, 09:49 AM

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I know these two bikes are like comparing apples to oranges, but I'm curious as to what issues I might not have thought of.

That compairing these two models are like compairing apples to oranges?

MOKE1K · 06-17-2009, 09:52 AM

These bikes are built for two totally different objectives, which one are you going to be best suited with, only you know that?

seruzawa · 06-17-2009, 09:53 AM

Having put 10s of thousands of miles on Sportsters and having spent a fair amount of time on my buddy's V-Strom I'm pretty sure I would take the V-Strom if I had to own only one motorcycle. Better to get both!

If you are going to do two-up touring then your wife will thank you if you get the Strom.

acecycleins · 06-17-2009, 11:47 AM

My wife won't even get near the a sporty. Hell, she barely gets near the Kbike and it's comfortable. The Wee with a aftermarket seat is clearly the winner when riding with two. But if the wifey is not likely to go anywhere on a bike I think I would go with the XR1200 and call it a day. Screw fire roads.

06-17-2009, 09:49 AM	#11
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	[quote=guyd78;216419] I know these two bikes are like comparing apples to oranges, but I'm curious as to what issues I might not have thought of. That compairing these two models are like compairing apples to oranges? __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

06-17-2009, 09:52 AM	#12
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	These bikes are built for two totally different objectives, which one are you going to be best suited with, only you know that? __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

06-17-2009, 09:53 AM	#13
seruzawa Robby Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: 8501 ft. Posts: 16,803	Having put 10s of thousands of miles on Sportsters and having spent a fair amount of time on my buddy's V-Strom I'm pretty sure I would take the V-Strom if I had to own only one motorcycle. Better to get both! If you are going to do two-up touring then your wife will thank you if you get the Strom. __________________ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.

06-17-2009, 11:47 AM	#14
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	My wife won't even get near the a sporty. Hell, she barely gets near the Kbike and it's comfortable. The Wee with a aftermarket seat is clearly the winner when riding with two. But if the wifey is not likely to go anywhere on a bike I think I would go with the XR1200 and call it a day. Screw fire roads. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

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