Where are the Sport Tourers?
So I recently traded my Suzuki Bandit 1250s for this Triumph Sprint ST 1050 and I'm stoked!
Pro's - The triple is amazing to ride with bucketloads of power and torque and a super cool note. The single swing arm is sexay. It's cumfy to ride and really comfortable for my teenage daughter to ride pillion. It handles way better than the Bandit did.
Con's - I don't really love the look of the light cluster on the front end, but it's growing on me. The rear suspension is a bit sloppy (but I'm heavy). The mirrors are completely usesless (worst on any bike I've ever had).
My question is, where have all the Sports Tourers gone? If you look through the new lineup of bikes there are hardly any sporty bikes that are comfy and designed to be in the middle with performance and comfort. Everything seems to be either an armchair, an ugly adventure bike or a supersport these days. Yes, there's loads of adventure tourers out there but they just don't do it for me. I find them all hideously ugly! It's such a shame that Triumph in particular decided to kill the ST's out of their lineup. I had an old 955i many moons ago and I loved that too.
Happy riding everyone. Stay upright!