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<strong>The story of why we choose the XRV 750 and not another bike</strong> | <strong>The story of why we choose the XRV 750 and not another bike</strong> | ||
'''Date: Late August, early September 2025''' | |||
Over the past decades my brother and I have been touring Europe on our bikes and one day my brother said | Over the past decades my brother and I have been touring Europe on our bikes and one day my brother said | ||
Latest revision as of 06:15, 10 October 2025
The story of why we choose the XRV 750 and not another bike
Date: Late August, early September 2025
Over the past decades my brother and I have been touring Europe on our bikes and one day my brother said
I think our trips are boring we go the same places and it is just boring
To which I said
That is because pavement is only gives access to about 10% of the world. The rest is offroad.
And then the quest started with messages about him finding and old (very cheap) Super Tènèrè and going to have a look and then we started talking and figuring out what bike to choose.
After a week of ... well several hundred links to bikes, FB Market place, and other sites with cheap bikes, we stumpled over the Honda Africa Twin XRV 750. That took us on a journey that cemented our choice (I think it was "The Warhorse" and other such YT videos that sold us on the XRV 750).
We then started the quest to finding the right bikes for us...