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[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

My Tengai is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I'm looking at getting another poseur bike. I missed out on a chance to grab another lower-mileage Tengai, so I'm considering alternatives. This would be used for geezer-grade adventures and occasional rough trails, no heroics. Here are my criteria: -Must have spoked wheels, so forget about the v-strom (it's really a sportbike anyway) -If I'm going to go away from the Tengai, I may as well go all the way, so must be 750cc or above -Must be readily available in the US (so forget about the exotics) -A 21" front wheel would be nice, but certainly not necessary (see below) -Should be a modern bike, but I'd consider something as old as 1989. I'm thinking BMW R100GS or newer, Triumph Tiger, Aprilia Caponord, Cagiva Gran Canyon. I'm leaning towards a mid-90's Tiger at the moment 'cause it's closest to my budget. Anything I should know? Also, are there any other candidates I'm missing? I haven't been keeping up with the poseur bikes du jour. Thanks, Mark

[L.D.]

Harrisonburg, VA In today's paper: 1992 BMW R100GS 15,000 miles - looks and runs new- garaged $5500 540-828-4958 Might be worth looking into ? Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: My Tengai is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I'm looking at getting another poseur bike. I missed out on a chance to grab another lower-mileage Tengai, so I'm considering alternatives. This would be used for geezer-grade adventures and occasional rough trails, no heroics. Here are my criteria: -Must have spoked wheels, so forget about the v-strom (it's really a sportbike anyway) -If I'm going to go away from the Tengai, I may as well go all the way, so must be 750cc or above -Must be readily available in the US (so forget about the exotics) -A 21" front wheel would be nice, but certainly not necessary (see below) -Should be a modern bike, but I'd consider something as old as 1989. I'm thinking BMW R100GS or newer, Triumph Tiger, Aprilia Caponord, Cagiva Gran Canyon. I'm leaning towards a mid-90's Tiger at the moment 'cause it's closest to my budget. Anything I should know? Also, are there any other candidates I'm missing? I haven't been keeping up with the poseur bikes du jour. Thanks, Mark List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . Yahoo! Groups Links L.D. Graham A16 Harrisonburg, VA. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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I myself have been thinking differt w/ more horsies. Honad tranalps in cylcetrader for like 3K BMW GS's for 4-8 depending on year. I thought a 650 vstrom could be had w/spoke ? Prob not and mabe I thinking lates bmw. A vstrom w/ custom spoke or maybe fitting w/ spoked wheels of another bike(direct change?) would be nice. The vstrom could be a good bike to smooth over w/ dirt oriented mods. How about a Cigiva Elepant 650 twin . I rember these advertised in dirt bike rags in 87-90. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> My Tengai is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I'm looking at > getting another poseur bike. I missed out on a chance to grab

another

> lower-mileage Tengai, so I'm considering alternatives. This would

be

> used for geezer-grade adventures and occasional rough trails, no > heroics. > Here are my criteria: > -Must have spoked wheels, so forget about the v-strom (it's really

a

> sportbike anyway) > -If I'm going to go away from the Tengai, I may as well go all the > way, so must be 750cc or above > -Must be readily available in the US (so forget about the exotics) > -A 21" front wheel would be nice, but certainly not necessary (see

below)

> -Should be a modern bike, but I'd consider something as old as 1989. > > I'm thinking BMW R100GS or newer, Triumph Tiger, Aprilia Caponord, > Cagiva Gran Canyon. > I'm leaning towards a mid-90's Tiger at the moment 'cause it's > closest to my budget. Anything I should know? > Also, are there any other candidates I'm missing? I haven't been > keeping up with the poseur bikes du jour. > > Thanks, > Mark

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