Short motorcycle vlog and review done with my friend Juliane from KZfaq channel ‪@ridenroll.juliane‬. We picked up motorcycles from local dealer valsebike.com/ and enjoyed on these FUN machines the Gran Canaria. I try to spend on Gran Canaria 3-4 months every year as I just think, this is one of the best place to ride motorcycle in Europe. Especially cause you can ride here all year long.
In this video I tried to sort out on which bike I feel more emotions. Wether on somewhat high-tech super agile, fast and precise KTM Duke 790 or stylish, super light, technically less advanced Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 with outgoing single cylinder engine.
There is an interesting debate about development of motorcycles, which are getting so much uniform and similar. More and more manufacturers tends to prefer twin cylinder, DOHC, watercooled engine (BMW F900, Aprilia Tuono 660, Yamaha MT-07, Suzuki is just developing twin as replacement for SV650 - what a pity!, Honda CRF1100 which is not DOHC but you get the point) and although this architecture make sense, decent power/torque, less vibrations and ride comfort, there are just less and less alternatives on the market. And yet, briliant 693 cc single cylinder of KTM firstly disappeared from Duke 690 and next year there is also no Husqvarna Svartpilen 701 anymore. Because of emissions and probably lack of demand = too small market to invest in new emission EU5 standards. I don't know. But it is a big lose for us who loves something different than mainstream. Svartpilen 701 is different and as from FUN point of view, it is a winner for me. Is it the right bike for commuting and simply living with? For most of people not I guess. But ...
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