I purchased a new Speed 400 on Saturday. Previous bikes were: Starting at age 10, 1974 Honda QA50 Honda SL100 1968 Honda 250 1984 Honda Big Red 1986 Honda 250SX Suzuki GS550 1986 Harley 883 Sportster 2018 Royal Enfield Himalayan Bikes I currently own: 2020 ICE Bear Champion (Honda CT70 Clone) 2012 Vespa GTS300ie Super (sale pending) 2022 Honda CT125 2024 Triumph Speed 400
That's quite a stable of bikes! Do you use them all, and, if so, in what circumstances? How do you like the 400? Does it have enough power?
The Vespa was my commuter. It is sold, replaced by the Triumph. It has all the power I need. Still working on the break in miles, so the RPM's are limited but it has plenty of power for mountains and the interstate. The Honda CT125 is my go to for trips to the post office and grocery store and for the gravel state forrest roads. I have a crate mounted on the back to toss stuff in. The Ice Bear (trail 60 clone) fits in the back of my truck without removing the cap. I only have to take the mirrors off to get it in. It gets loaded whenever I go to camp to run around in the woods and on the gravel roads. I have knobbies on it and do a little riding in the snow with it also.
Nice plan! When riding my Sprint GT with street tires in PA (Bulls Run State Park area), we found ourselves on lots of dirt/gravel roads (they are both just lines on Google maps!). It wasn't fun on the climbing S-curves up out of Cedar Run, 2-up!! A smaller bike with knobbies would have been a lot better suited!