Transalp 6500km review i Have ridden it mostly in the dirt

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Transalp 6500km review i Have ridden it mostly in the dirt

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Mixed Bag

Күн бұрын

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@MrEtnorb 8 ай бұрын

About the best real world report on this bike I’ve watched. No bullshit, wide ranging and shows your riding ability to be at a high level. You couldn’t ride those trails and at those speeds unless the bike was capable. Like you, I have a lightweight bike (ktm500) which is great fun to ride. I’m 67 and my riding friend is 72 and we have no intention of stopping, although as you say, it’s 7/10 ths for obvious reasons these days.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@MrEtnorb Thanks for the comments i also what to Keep riding the travel new places and being outside is so Great

@Rickmac22 29 күн бұрын

What he said! 58, hoping to last to 70 riding…

@patkennedy1 8 ай бұрын

A great review, and of course totally relevant to older Australian riders. You have done a few more kilometres than I have (mine about 5,500) and are just a few years younger than I, so your test is about the most pertinent to my ownership (in SA) I have come across. Excellent delivery of your points; understated and honest. A degree of humility conveyed, even though you obviously ride well, and fairly hard for 'an old feller'. Thanks for the test, and your forthright style. I have just fitted a bash-plate (B & B), Pirelli STRs, bear-grip footrests and the wind deflectors to mine. These last two included in the purchase price, sealed at the end of July, as I believe I was the first to put the $$ down here in South Australia. Although I only got the bike in mid-September, and the optional extras yesterday... But I am very much 'on the same page' as your impressions, as the bike continues to win me over. I bought it with reservations, and still intend further lightening and suspension improvements, but it really is a useful and versatile machine. I replaced the (heavy, bulky) rear rack with a lighter and narrower one I made, and intend improving the bike as I go, as I have done with my bikes for... - well, a very long time! Well done with your test. I hope you have more planned as I really enjoyed it!

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@patkennedy1 thanks for the comments Pat i hope to get to SA to ride so day

@elgringoec 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for that nice summary with good detail.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@elgringoec thanks for the comment

@tremorflow3614 2 ай бұрын

Nice one mate, especially the rally footage..great to watch. Just bought a Transalp and am happy for my mild offroad use.

@TheFastphill Ай бұрын

@tremorflow3610 thanks for the comment

@bravofighter 8 ай бұрын

FANTASTIC REVIEW! As to the vanilla reference, and this ties in to your anecdote re: Mongolia experience; vanilla really is a good flavor, and if you had to pick a flavor to eat for all occasions, and every day for all the while, it would have to be vanilla over moose tracks or rum raisin, now wouldn’t it? In essence, an exciting bike for the mountain logging roads and washboard hills of the desert would NOT be very polite on a sunny morning commute on a freeway, nor would your neighbors like you very much at 5 am.😂 A bike that ticks the most boxes and still has some very real adventure chops is a beautiful thing. There’s no magic bike, just the same as there’s no magic car. You can’t seat 4 in an MX5, and a Toyota Prius is going to be shite on the Nurburgring…but an LS 600 will do both just fine.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@bravofighter as luck would have it i just put a little vid of Mongolia up Ps i will get the the Ring some day lol 😂

@dereksonego440 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Phil. Great review.

@TheFastphill 3 күн бұрын

@dereksonego440 thanks for watching

@human1513 8 ай бұрын

Nice video. Please turn up the volume a bit for us older riders. 😀 Visual part is great to see.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@human1513 yes i still learning to use the editing software i keep that in mind next Vid thanks for watching

@anxiousappliance 7 ай бұрын

@@TheFastphill might be good idea to raise it on this vid. You've got good things to say, and it is pretty much inaudible. Quality seems OK, must just be a slider adjustment.

@bobbennett2075 6 ай бұрын

Excellent review by very experienced rider - listen carefully the nuggets go by quickly

@TheFastphill 5 ай бұрын

@bobbennett2075 Thank you

@TRAVERSE_ADV 8 ай бұрын

Its good to see you are pushing the bike to its full potential regardless of all the nay sayers. I have a CRF1000L those clips can take a beating and are good for many uses. If not there are cheap ones on ebay. With the gopro, I use a her9 and a hero 12, with a usb c "PD" charge cable to a anker power bank in my jacket and can run it all day long on a gopro.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@traverse_adv Thanks for the info yes i have run a power pack in my jacket pocket for the Sena

@alozborne 8 ай бұрын

I disagree that there's no unicorn bike... While I agree that no bike can do everything equally well, that's not my definition of a unicorn bike. To my way of thinking, a unicorn bike does everything - that I want a bike to do - reasonably well. By that definition, I think the Transalp XL750 could be my unicorn bike. I should also add that I can't afford to own multiple motorcycles, nor is there room in my garage for more than one bike. So I don't have the luxury of owning a dirt bike, an ADV bike, and a touring bike.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@alanosborne1888 i like the Transalp a lot it but for some riding its Big and Heavy

@alozborne 8 ай бұрын

@@TheFastphill I own a CB500X, so the Transalp is comparatively only a few pounds heavier than what I'm used to and also lighter than the majority of ADV bikes. Both the CB500X and the Transalp are capable of doing it all, but the Transalp just does everything I want from a bike a little bit better than my CB500X.

@corykilik4079 8 ай бұрын

Bravo! really good, real world report, Thanks.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@corykilik4079 thanks for the feedback

@stefanjepp6612 4 ай бұрын

Nice video. My Transalp almost all the time moven on paved roads sofare. Living in Germany, I seldomn get a chance to go in gravel roads....

@TheFastphill 4 ай бұрын

@stefanjepp6612 so far its been a great bike on or off road

@mishka1318 8 ай бұрын

Great review, did you say 61? Good riding

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@mishka1318 yes 61 thanks for the Comment 😂

@user-xe6qq9zi8s Ай бұрын

Hey Phil has the Transalp got a low centre of gravity, a rode a Tuareg 660 and that had great balance but I like my Honda,s

@TheFastphill 10 күн бұрын

@user-xe6qq9zi8s i remember looking at the tuareg 660 at the Ozi GP thinking they would be a great bike

@hesko125 4 ай бұрын

How has your friends ktms reliability been? Cheers

@TheFastphill 4 ай бұрын

That Bike good so far another mate not so good

@ne-adv 8 ай бұрын

This review just adds more confidence to my opinion that the present Transalp is a bit more powerful, a tiny bit more capable, than a pre-2020's V-Strom 650. It's a Honda, so you can bend it straight and wrench it. I am curious as to how well the airbox avoids sucking dust, with the filter being shoved under the tank, like the aforementioned V-Strom. IMO, when the manufacturer puts the filter under the tank, they intended for you to stay on pavement, with occasional groomed gravel.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@ne-adv i just got a after market air filter i try to make a vid showing the install and the condition thanks for watching and the comment

@wayde4192 8 ай бұрын

Good honest review

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@wayde4192 yes for most people Ego dictates what ever you have brought Is the Best

@scrambledpegs2202 8 ай бұрын

Nice review, thanks. What tyres did you go for?

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@scrambledpegs2202 Motz Desert and the front and I check the rear it's a motor as well

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

Motz Tractionator Adventure on the rear150/70 by 18 Front Motz Tractionator desert H/T

@louiskirby4266 8 ай бұрын

Thanks cobba

@TheFastphill 7 ай бұрын

No worries

@thorstentrapp274 8 ай бұрын

Nice review. Cheers. Volume was a bit low.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@thorstentrapp274 Sorry about that still learning the editing software lol 😂

@lewiss66 8 ай бұрын

The unicorn bike could the ktm 790/890 with its racing frame.

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@lewiss66 i have ridden the KTM 890 yes good bike but i a bit scared of KTM reliability

@timothybroga1704 6 ай бұрын

Great review Thank you for taking the time to put this bike through its paces and tell us about it. I have considered trading my22 890 adventure r for the transalp You've proven to me that it's a pretty capable bike. I really love the wicked power on the 890 and the suspension is more than adequate for my off-road needs I'm in northeastern part of the United States extremely rocky . I only concerned with the transalp would be the suspension. This all leads me to as the mileage increases on the 890 am I going to have other issues that a lot of 890s have had. Right now I have none and haven't had any but you know how it goes

@2-WheelsMoveTheSoul 8 ай бұрын

Transalp XL 750 vs Tiger 900 RP (used)?

@2-WheelsMoveTheSoul 8 ай бұрын

Forgot to mention. I'm based in India. So, this for touring (lightly load or sometimes 2 up) through pot-holes, no-roads, city traffic and whatever else the journey throws at you. I've ridden both. Here are my impressions. Transalp: + Light, Nimble, Fast, Reliable, VFM Maintainance, Cool Engine, 5 Year Warranty - Ground Clearance, Suspension, Tubed Tires 🐯 900 RP (2001 - 5K Kms - Loaded Accesories) + All Round Champ, Creature Comforts, Built for the Beating - Higher Spares/Maintainance Heating🔥🥵 is the Primary Concern and the reason holding me back!

@TheFastphill 8 ай бұрын

@2WheelsMoveTheSoul I have ridden in India if you have the money new bike are all ways better Noone has messed with them I have not ridden the Tiger 900

@2-WheelsMoveTheSoul 8 ай бұрын

@@TheFastphill Well, in terms of specs, components and fit-finish - the Triumph Tiger 900 RP is way superior in terns of specs, components and build. It's 2 years old but has been sparing used (5K kms) and well maintained. The engine heating and higher maintenance costs (compared to Honda) are the only red flags. Could you please clarify whether the stock suspension and GC of the Transalp is sufficient to handle Bad Indian Roads (think the Himalayan mountain rough stretches)?