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by ahf8Aithaex7Nai 171 days ago
That's right. I wonder if the decision-makers at KTM regretted that afterwards.

Addendum: Considering that the GS has been a bestseller ever since. It feels like every other motorcycle enthusiast in Germany rides one. It has been the best-selling motorcycle almost every year since then. In Italy, many also seem to prefer riding GS bikes over Guzzi/Ducati/Aprilia.
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testing22321 171 days ago
Oh yeah. It’s very commonly accepted in ADV circles that the GS is THE bike of choice because of long way round.

It could, and probably should have been KTM. The GS is stupidly big and heavy.

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kridsdale1 171 days ago
Similar: During pandemic Ewan and Charlie did an electric bike ride from Argentina to the US and the support crew were in Rivians along with the Rivian CEO or head of engineering or something, as an extended QA run before full production. It was my introduction to the brand and sufficiently impressed me such that I think it’s the only option I’d look at for an EV.
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chihuahua 171 days ago
What I remember from that show is that they plug in the Rivian to charge, and 12 hours later the charge level has increased by some miniscule amount. At some point they have to bring in a gas-powered support truck with a gas-powered generator to charge various electric vehicles. If anything, it was a commercial against EVs at the time.

It seems that EVs didn't make much sense in the environment of that trip (going through all of South America, where fast chargers were rare at the time)

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odiroot 170 days ago
GSes are sort of a meme in the motorcycle communities. And not because of their (perceived) popularity.

I'd bet Honda easily outsells BMW in Europe.

I'd take a GS over KTM though.

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ahf8Aithaex7Nai 170 days ago
> I'd bet Honda easily outsells BMW in Europe.

Probably only if you include motorized two-wheelers with a displacement of <=125cc.

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