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Honestly, it wont stop rear enders I mean they're rare anyway - I've been riding for 40+ years and have been rear ended once But if a car is going to hit you, flashing on the vehicle about to be hit wont stop it. It'll take a 2nd or 2 for the driver to work out why the thing is flashing and by then it's too late And that's the problem - we all assume the other party is going to react as we'd want them too...but they wont because they wont know what's going on You may as well throw up a spring loaded flag and some klaxons...still wont change anything A very worthy device but truthfully, wont make much of a difference.
Literally, every single motoring journalists in India have covered the story and nobody likes what Honda is doing because, THEY LITERALLY INTRODUCED A CB 350 v2 THAT IS THE LIKE 99% COPY OF ICONIC BULLET 350 AND SOME SPRINKLE OF CLASSIC 350 BY ROYAL ENFIELD. 🤦🏻♂️
Having owned a Buell XB-12R there's no way you could convince me to buy another one. The build quality was THE WORST of any bike I've ever ridden, never mind owned. It started corroding after 50 dry miles. It had 2 recalls in it's first year. The tank decals were square edged and about 5mm tall so they would catch on anything. The vibrations from the HD engine was massive, so much so, that I had to raise my arse off the seat at lights so it wouldn't vibrate my eyeballs.
I road one last week. I LOVED it. Very HANDSOME looking bike. I don't regret buying my 1250GS, but had I test rode one of these first, I'm NOT sure I would have bought the BMW.
I'm hoping third time is the charm for Buell and the Hammerhead looks cool but the others are hurting aesthetically speaking. And the super cruiser really looks like a shameless riff on Arch motorcycles.
Guys pls better prepare yourself. There almost no value in this video. Theres plenty of other videos out that do a much better job on this topic. You didnt even mention that there have been an ADV and an Enduro version spied. Also the front wheel in the video you have shown is 19" and not 21". and obviously the new 390 ADV will be based on the new 390 duke.
Very interested in this hopefully ktm will make it useful and fairly light I have a 390 12k miles it's an excellent bike and this new one will have to be a fairly big improvement for me to change
Perfect size for the UK. If it has generous leg room, 140mm seat height and weighs in at 145kg, they would have a real winner. Most people are over biked, too powerful, too heavy, too high. 390-400cc is the perfect antidote to all of this. Just make it reliable!!!
We need good lower end torque.... The bike stalls too much at lower speed. Running in a city in India with a ktm 390 adventure is very difficult and tiring. Even bikes like Honda CB 300R are single cylinder bikes with fine tuned engines, it is enjoyable in city and highway too. To avoid stalling of ktm adventure, we need to rev the engine at higher rpm which causes excess vibrations on the bike. We really need good lower end torque........
Get the knees well blow the hips and pegs lower and back to make standing better. The “enduro” stance is a major turn off for many. I’m doing mos to my 701 to achieve just that. The real killer is weight. How can the 690/701/700 be built to 145 kg dry yet these are still a lot more and why I went 690 in the UK and 701 here in the UK.
whatever happened with real men who ride motorcycles???? Now men can´t ride without cruise control??? do they identify themselves as useless female models?
Apparently the test mule spotted in India is running on a 19in front while the mule in Europe sports a 21in. I like the road oriented 390ADV that's currently on sale, hope there's a road going version with cast alloy wheels of this more off road oriented test mule.
