Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > General Motorcycles only > Advice on Supermoto's please

[Scooter916]

Yea thats the one, Many a drunken night in carterton.
Glyn

[dave996]

In which case I'm sure you know the Bee Dive very well then

[Harv748]

Hi Dave...hows it going...

I have a DR350 enduro bike that I have cutomised to take motard wheels as well. 15 minutes means I can change from a full on dirt bike to a menacing motard!

For scratching about town etc its the business...so much so that in the new year I will be looking to 'upgrade' to a full on KTM dedicated SM. For smiles per mile, they just can't be beat!

Having said that...I wouldn't want to hoon down the M40 on one! No fairing/protection at all means that any speeds above 50mph and you really start to feel it. Just not that good for miles of straight road stuff.

Its not the mileage thats the problem, just the fact that they should live on twisty A and B roads...not motorways. You'd be fed up with it within a week.

[dave996]

Hello mate, things aren't too bad. By the sounds of it I'll have to give it a go, you know try before you buy. The thing is I don't want to go down the bandit style bike.

[Harv748]

Yeah...hear what you saying.

Pop over to Premier bikes in Didcot...a KTM dealer that will let you test ride most of the bikes they have (they even had a DR there from memory) ..admittedly they are a bit more pricey than what you are looking for, but they will give you a good idea of what I mean if you just take one down the A34 for a few miles!

[dave996]

Good thinking batman, could even pop into Trevor Goodall's as well, since he is a Suzuki dealer. Cheers Harv.

Have you still got your SP?

[ali]

I've just bought an Africa Twin for exactly that commute (M40, A40, West end). I knew it'd be a bit wide before I bought it, but I want to do some long-distance touring next year and it'll be up to the job. Having done the run a few times now I'd say go with the thinnest bike you can that's still a laugh/comfortable if you want to get there quickly. There's so much traffic that proper hooning only occurs about 20% of the journey. But it's still a million times better than taking the f'ing tube

[Harv748]

Originally Posted by dave996

Have you still got your SP?

Yes...but for how long??? ;-)

[ak47]

I have my KTM stolen last week......I hate commuting now. I never noticed the journey on the SM....too busy grinning.....I did have a spell of comuting 100 miles a day on it for a couple of months and that was no fun at all and really takes it out of the engine....

[Scooter916]

Originally Posted by dave996

In which case I'm sure you know the Bee Dive very well then

Yea forgot about that one, Remember it for the Kebab van that parked outside...............
Oh them were the days