A couple of weeks ago my husband borrowed my Strada for a ride and he really enjoyed it. In fact so much that he bought a Terra yesterday! Our driveway now looks twice as nice.
indeed , I'm new in this forum business ,an ageless rider and just had a lovely weekend ride a sort of triangle along fast and twisties roads ,some soft dirt, some gravel , mud, three crossings about 650 to 700 km's ,along northern nsw,barrington tops,walcha,uralla,up to dorrigo,down to beautiful bellingen to watch the tahs, home to port maquarie along the coast and the metz touareg front and back were just great, some slow controlled sliding awesome. yes Strada kept close and hassled two gs800, 2gs1200,1klr650(left it for dust)an amazing diavel strada with a great jockey an a solid vfr1200. thats what you do with the strada..ride it
I joined Engenia and his brother on the first two days of their ride to the tip of Cape York. My round trip was only 1830 kms but it was fun with lots of variety. I must remember to pack a machete, chainsaw and a much smaller front sprocket if I go riding with him again! Note to self: In Australia, just because a road is shown on a map doesn't mean that it actually exists
Just got back from a 10 day ride from Washington, through Oregon, northeast corner of Nevada, half of California, and back home along the coast including a bit of off-road with my riding partner on an F800GS. The Strada was better off-road, better through the twisties, and only couldn't keep up on several 9,000 foot passes the 58hp was down 30% on power. 2800 miles total. We camped 7 of the 10 nights. Great bike!
Leaving Monday the 18th for 2100 mile trip up and back down the Mississippi River. Mixed tarmac, county roads, gravel and two track. Ride report is started here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=999930&page=1
Was planning to go for an afternoon pavement ride towards the Ardennes, but I just can't seem to help myself. I come across a gravel road or forest track that I haven't seen before and I think "doesn't look too bad, let's go have a look". And before you know it I'm at the self car wash spending 4 EUR to get the TR in more or less presentable condition... Next up: a long weekend across the Channel pottering around Wiltshire. Can't wait until it's Friday again
Thanks ces, My spot link is in my signature line. I finished up the bike prep yesterday and loaded it, and fueled it up. We depart at 06:00 in the morning (Monday) CST.
Well spotted! That is a Hein Gericke handle bar bag that I took of my old Tenere. It doesn't work well on my TR handle bars as it is in the way for getting the key in the ignition if I put it in front of the handle bars and is squeezed against the tank bag if I put it on the rear side of the handle bars. It works very well above the rear luggage rack though. It contains a tow strap, a small plastic bottle of Stihl chainsaw oil that I use in my Tutoro chain oiler and odd bits and bobs that I pick up along the way.
At least you didn't get choked out by dust.... Cleaning is part of the fun, a small part.. You bike has the square-ish opening on the end of exhaust can, there are two different types, maybe even a third. Wonder if it's just a matter of production supply?
The outer part of the hole is square but inside it is just a round opening like most any exhaust. They look exactly like any other Terra/Strada exhaust I've seen so far.
If you look at the parts lists, it is only the US Terras that get the round hole, I believe the difference is the USFS spark arrestor.
Just got back from a 3000km round trip in 5 days. Greenwood Nova Scotia to St John's Newfoundland Canada and alot of buzzing around. Mostly pavement alot of old railway bed and fire roads. The old railway is now part of the Trans Canada Trail. Just the Newfoundland part is 1000km long of dirt and gravel, mostly ATV's travel on it. If your curious St John's is the oldest city in North America and only a few km's from the most easterly point of North America. Oh and for the American on this site Christopher Columbus didn't find North America first, it was the Vikings from Norway a few hundred years before Columbus, the things you learn on your travels, lol. I travel light and live dangerously lol, didn't even bring a tire pressure guage. 75% of the trip was at or above 5K rpm and havent even checked the oil since ive been back. The bike ran perfect the entire time. A windshild would of been nice, expecially at 120km/h+. The stock tires took a beating, expecially on the railway bed. A few rear tire treads had chunks torn from the treads. I guess thats what happens when you ride your bike like you stole it. Man the Terra can really take a beating and keep going....oh and when the low fuel light comes on don't worry, you still got another 60km to go at 5k rpm before you should worry. Id upload pics from my camera but not sure how, It ask's for a URL. Is there a way around that?
