I have one - 2nd gen specifically. The suspension is fine - I think most of the complaints come from guys that are way overweight. If you’re 170-185 it’s totally fine.

I think mine is pretty fun. It’s got a pancake flat torque curve so it’s easy to jump on and putt around, it’s the cruiser of dual sports.

This is the 4th gen if you count the KLR600

ADVRider’s write up says its fixed

If you make all your judgements on motorcycles based on reading online forums instead of real life, you’ll end up with a warped sense of what is fun.

I’m actually surprised Harley didn’t just stop building bikes altogether and just make SxS’s and license their name on 5th wheel toy haulers. That’s all the fat, aging swisher-sweet smoking demographic is buying anyway.

I feel like all the grey haired Agoura/Westlake/Thousand Oaks yuppies that ride their Ducati’s one day a month to the Rock Store and hang around for 6 hours in their track suits are gonna buy these up.

Kawasaki did the same thing with the KLX250S. The cylinder of a KLX300 literally bolts right on.

Going to your dealer’s organized event instead of with a local advocacy group/FB group/club is peak luxury car owner level of participation.

Gotta take your “rig” to “wheel” to Holcomb Valley and crush some “brews”!

BAHAHAHAHAH dealer events.

Expedition Portal is full of rich people that like to set money on fire to fuel their obscure offroad fetish.

Maybe “run circles around it” on one of those manicured dealer offroad courses where they get the wheels to lift up at exactly the perfect spot to make rich people oooh and ahhh.

I feel like the rear mid-engine thing is kind of sad. Corvette has always been in the grey area between musclecars and supercars. I know they attract retirees but that’s kind of the “I worked hard, raised a family and now I’m going to buy a sports car” the Corvette has always been.

Mine never left me stranded but the alternator went out and the AC compressor grenaded itself. Didn’t care about the alternator but the AC failure basically made it a nice cheap beater into junk.

Crank windows are an upgrade on those. I had a Patriot for a while (dirt cheap beater) and the electric windows would routinely decide to stop working.

I don’t get why anyone would dump six grand into some old Subaru and only use a car for basically half an oil change? Then blaming him selling it on his wife? Kinda fucking weird - like did you not have one conversation where you were slamming bulk money into it?

There’s always some not-a-Goldwing tourer in Honda’s lineup. In the early 80's it was the CX series bikes. In the late 80's/90's it was the Pacific Coast. That whole subgenre of bikes just did away with the motorcycle trappings altogether and became Maxi-scooters. AKA the Honda Silver Wing. And later the NC700…

I’ve got a Kriega R20. You aren’t missing much. It’ s just a really expensive backpack with a retention system that makes you look like a goof.

I have an R20. It kind of blows as a backpack. Once you use it a while the straps start migrating out of position constantly. Not to mention the buckle design make you look like you’re wearing a weird bra. Plus you need to unbuckle it to open the zipper depending on how it’s packed.