Welcome from New Mexico!
New Canadian Trooper.
Hello fellow Canadian owners.
As per @V-Tom 's suggestion, I would like to introduce myself to the Canadian gang.
New member (Simon) here from the Toronto Area.
Been lurking on this forum since I joined back in 2007 (off and on). That's when I came across a V-Strom and also realized that sport bikes and touring do not go well together. This was on a 11 day trip of the east coast on a Yamaha R6. Ontario to Nova Scotia/PEI and all the places in between. At the time I was much younger and my body was capable of taking that kind abuse. Not so much anymore.
After a lot of searching on various online sites, I finally found and recently picked up a 2020 DL1050XA.
My previous bikes were Yamaha R6 and most recently I was riding a Yamaha FZ6.
I was really after a touring friendly bike with comfort, a decent windscreen for wind protection, reliability, esthetically pleasing and some off-road capability. I am not sure how much off-road/gravel I will do but at least I know that a V-Strom is capable of it.
My other choice was a Tracer 900 but I did not like the seating position (I found the legs to be too bent at the knees, and I am only about 5'6 in height). I had always thought that V-Strom's were great bikes and I found a really good deal on mine so it was a no brainer.
This is it on my trailer ready to be taken to a new home.
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As per @V-Tom 's suggestion, I would like to introduce myself to the Canadian gang.
New member (Simon) here from the Toronto Area.
Been lurking on this forum since I joined back in 2007 (off and on). That's when I came across a V-Strom and also realized that sport bikes and touring do not go well together. This was on a 11 day trip of the east coast on a Yamaha R6. Ontario to Nova Scotia/PEI and all the places in between. At the time I was much younger and my body was capable of taking that kind abuse. Not so much anymore.
After a lot of searching on various online sites, I finally found and recently picked up a 2020 DL1050XA.
My previous bikes were Yamaha R6 and most recently I was riding a Yamaha FZ6.
I was really after a touring friendly bike with comfort, a decent windscreen for wind protection, reliability, esthetically pleasing and some off-road capability. I am not sure how much off-road/gravel I will do but at least I know that a V-Strom is capable of it.
My other choice was a Tracer 900 but I did not like the seating position (I found the legs to be too bent at the knees, and I am only about 5'6 in height). I had always thought that V-Strom's were great bikes and I found a really good deal on mine so it was a no brainer.
This is it on my trailer ready to be taken to a new home.
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