Bill Muneio

Dual-Sport: A Path to Adventure

After recently joining the quickly growing “dual sport” aficionados with the purchase of my 1150GS I ran across this article and thought it was pretty good. I’m totally hooked on the dual sport bikes now and will soon be selling my beloved 1150 RT(let me know if your interested).

Written by J.C. Current
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 02:42

Taken on my New Zealand trip in December. Click on the pic to read about it.

A segment in motorcycling which is still growing slightly, even in these sad economic times, is what is known as dual-sport riding. In fact, it may be because of the economy that the number of dual-sport motorcycles being purchased is an increasing percentage of overall motorcycle sales. Dual-sport motorcycles are built to ride on paved streets and also designed to handle well in the dirt; at least a majority of them do (some are more street-oriented than others).

The appeal is rather simple; no loading up your truck and driving out to a remote area – or your local MX track – unloading it and riding, and then packing it all up when you are tired and dirty. It would seem obvious how advantageous it would be to ride to that remote area instead. The bonus is that you get to enjoy the roads both to and from your off-road playground location; and these are often down long sinuous asphalt which is fun to even drive on. And, bonus, most dual sport motorcycles are rather inexpensive – read: CHEAP.

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