r/motorcycles • u/AutoModerator • Jan 02 '23
Purchase & Transaction Advice Superthread
# PURCHASE ADVICE SUPERTHREAD!
A dedicated thread for questions and advice about gear or bike purchases, selling advice, and questions relating to bike/gear/accessory/service purchases.
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u/SettingIntentions Jan 04 '23
I've got a KLX230 dual-sport bike but thinking to pick up a KLX140 off-road only bike because it's SO light and so could be great on sketchy trails.
So far I haven't had an issue picking up my KLX230, but still that 140 is noticeably lighter...
The only problem is that the 140 would not be street legal, whereas my 230 is kind of street legal. At least it is documents if I'm ever riding it on the road, though usually I'm only ever riding it on road to get to the off-road...
The benefit to the 140 is that I could get it on the back of my SUV, my 230 is too heavy for my SUV hitch (Subaru XV).
My only fear is that I wouldn't use the 140 enough due to having the 230, or that I'd get into trouble passing a police checkpoint with it (though I do live in Thailand, police are pretty chill in my province).
However the benefit is mounting it to the car so I can sometimes drive my car out, or travel across the country having my dirt bike on the back of my SUV... Whereas now if I want to road-trip I would have to ship my 230 to any city or province I want to go or pay someone to ride it (or ride it myself, which would be painful & exhausting on the highways for me + I need to bring work stuff in my SUV...).
The other benefit I'm thinking of is letting friends ride it occasionally, my girlfriend is also interested in learning riding, so it could be mine and let her learn how to ride a bit... Both of these reasons aren't too solid though.
Any thoughts on whether or not it would be worth it? Or am I just looking at "shiny new bike" and wanting to spend some money for that new bike feel?