Major decision. to Tuono or not to Tuono

Lads I'm at the crossroads of my middle-age cris... er, I mean motorcycling career.... I traded a BMW FGS in for the Tuono back in April (good month to buy and Aprilia) and now find myself missing the occasional off road adventure tremendously. What's worse, a group of Adventure nutters has popped up in the area and does a weekend romp through the woods almost every weekend. I've been getting the urge for another BMW (this time an 800 rather than a 700) or, thanks to a test ride this weekend, a Tiger 800 XC. The tiger blew my socks off and tripled my sperm count, and now I have three , and handled the street amazingly and this little off road diversion into a construction site (was not supposed to do that) like a pet... tiger...

I made another unfortunate move recently, as my Sprint GT was in the need of some work and was aging, I traded it in for a conservative BMW F800GT, pseudo-sports tourer two weeks ago. I would have rather traded the Sprint in for the Tiger but I didn't get bit by the dirt bug as bad at the time and needed a daily commuter to go with my Tuono and balance out the fuel consumption, etc. The Triumph dealer I rode into on Saturday made me a good trade in deal for the Tuono, as that's what I rode up in, but we did not discuss the BMW as a trade in and it likely wouldn't get me as much. I love the Tuono but want to go off road again (the Tiger tours brilliantly as well), and don't want to be that murdered on trade in loss... However, that would mean A) sacrificing the Tuono, and B) having 2 less than one liter bikes that are both somewhat conservative....

My friend who loves my Tuono says I'm being a cheap-arse and should bite the bullet on the BMW and trade that in and keep the T which balances nicely off the Tiger. I should say I was made a ridiculous deal on the Tiger aside from the trade in value. The unfortunate reality though, is that I never got a chance to take the T to a track (this year at least), and it's pretty hard to open her up around here with all the traffic and the cops. The speed I do in the twisties can easily be done by the BMW which handles very well in that environment. So I'm trying to justify keeping the T over the Bmer, given the extra funds I would need, and also considering the Bmer has heated grips, wind protection, luggage, and is very commuter friendly.

I really need some dirt and would like something to take those trips on north on where I could then just pop off road on one of the numerous trails. But at the expense of the T? Ugh... The T being naked as she is likely will not be used as much when the weather gets colder whereas both the BMW and Tiger are pretty bad weather friendly... However, the T shines in the summer (no pun intended) due to its nakedness and, believer it or not, less engine heat by the legs.

I'm torn. I could just leave everything as is and kiss dirt goodbye (which stains the lips), and tour less as the Bmer is as buzzy as a bee hive and makes you nuts after a half hour, or trade the bmer in and have the Yin/Yang balance between sport and ADV, or do the more financially feasible thing and trade the Tuono in and have two versatile, practical bikes..... ah, what to do.. if I don't do track I sort of see the T going to waste in a way. Again, the bmer handles pretty well so although it doesn't hold its line as well in a turn it's very flickable and handles the twisties just fine. Turn the T into a commuter bike? ???:crazy

I'll shrug the nut comment off
Not easy to sell bikes around here, unless they're cheap jap rockets, so you wind up trading them in more frequently and taking it up the arse in the process.

but as an fyi I decided to take a hit on the bmer. It's a twatcycle I don't know what I was thinking.

I admit I grew a vagina today but cut me some slack, I'm having trade-in remorse. The prospect of losing 4.5k in three weeks was a tough pill to swallow. BUT, it was sort of nice having a vagina even if for a few moments...

Yeah. the Fk'r dropped value over night. 2015 coming out in three weeks. I wish it was only a 1k hit.

The T's just too awesome to part with. I have to grab a track day it will change things. Besides if Brooksy found out I traded it for an ADV my bashing could come back to haunt me

Best road bike and best on/off road bike works for me. The Triple and the V4; two best engine configurations IMO.

Cool on the Stelvio. Better yet you kept the T in the family

Thanks and I'll see you on the trails with my tent on two wheels - The Tiger is pretty darn awesome!

grin factor said:

I've got the Tiger 800 road version, but test rode the XC. Both cracking machines.
At first I did miss the T, but now enjoy the Tiger more & more. Life is too short to piss around, get what you want & enjoy yourself

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They're both great. Going offroad is always great too, then having that triple on the street? Nirvana...

shotgun said:

Stick some knobblies on the T , could be fun :lol

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I'm going to swap the front out for a 21" too

Sorry for the ocular assault mo chara. It was a tale hard in the tellin'

That Kato is sweet and would probably be a one to one swap, but there's a tad of slab one has to ride around here to get her to a mudbath as nice as on the above. If I had dirt in my backyard and trail off the way, and there was some serious single track to plunder, I would jump on this like a Ukranian refugee with Kate Upton hips...but alas there's a bit of travlin' to do.

off road is some crazy shhht fun!

Those look like some fun toys! T'would be nice to have a pick up truck to cart these things around.