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[John W]

Sounds perfect to me John

We've done lots of 10 day trips (friday to following Sunday). We usually squeeze 2k5 miles into 7 days, 3k into 10 days
Anything more than that and I'm in trouble, as for some reason I can't make a tyre last longer than about 2k5 miles
Record so far is new Avon tyre to steel belt in 1600 miles

Also, 300 miles of mountain passes in one day is enough for any rider, let alone the pilliions
The pillions often have a couple of days off in the longer trips (to recover !), which is handy

Done 3 trips so far this year, and another 4 planned between now and September

Next time your doing a trip let me know, it may be we're heading to the same places at the same time, or could make it so
Our calendar looks like:
June: 4 days near Sedan, playing in and around Spa & the ring
July: 3 days north wales, no idea where yet
August: 4 days cumbria, same story
September: 8 days in the Alps
Those are the approved trips, there may be a few others too if I can manage it

Back to the bike for a moment, anyone tried the KTM SMT ??
Looks okay, but wondering if it has enough go in it, and whether the brakes are any better than the 990 Adventure...