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Originally Posted by DucFanDan
As before, the Multi is the better asphalt bike, the Beemer is the better outback bike.
I'm struggling with this dilemma right now, because I'm moving to the country, living where it's 5 miles of gravel road to get to the nearest asphalt. I'd like to go poking around in out-of-the-way places, yet still enjoy myself when I do get to the curvy asphalt. The bike needs to be a good balance of abilities... my commute will be 5 miles of gravel followed by 30 miles of twisty asphalt. Then there's the weekend rides... 2-up touring to God-knows-where.
I'm still undecided. One thing I do know is that I really don't like the Multi's new Throttle-by-Wire engine controls. The Japanese can't do it reliably (Exhibit A: Toyota), and every other throttle-by-wire vehicle I've driven suffers at least 300-500ms latency between user input and change in engine throttle position. That's intolerable on a motorcycle. I want a physical cable from the handgrip to the throttle bodies. When I roll the grip open, the butterfly better open. When I close it, it had better close.
But... that's just me, an anal-retentive Aerospace Engineer, who's worked on a lot of avionics. I don't trust most electronic systems.
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I'm totally with you. I'm also considering an adventure bike as my next purchase and throttle-by-wire is a turn-off , I don't want it! It totally sucks in all the cars I've driven with it and I don't want it on a bike!
I've riden the MTS and like it - I doubt it will have any problem with a five mile stretch of dirt road -
It's those 20 mile back-country unmaintained sections that would have me thinking twice.
The big killer for the Duc - is the poor fueling - I don't think I could put up with it on yet another bike
The Beemer is a heavy beast and that also has me wondering but I do intend to use this bike as a two-up tourer in addition to taking the off-highway passes and shortcuts that are so numerous around my local.
I'm very interested in the Yam but I'm pretty sure that thing is controlled by TBW too...
what to do?
