Just got a new exhaust for my Norden Expedition and it’s so worth it! Definitely recommend it. Love the review. Pretty spot on! One of the most fun and versatile bikes ever made. Once you get it on it, you won’t want to stop riding it!
@@s13whitesilvia I just did a simple slip on from Dominator Exhaust for now so not really a difference on power, just sounds way better. Would love to do a full cat delete but it’s definitely more expensive and complicated. You usually need a full tune afterwards and sometimes emissions tests can be annoying depending on the area you live in.
Appreciate you addressing the heat and engine noise, and the normal rider perspective. I have a 2T for gnarly trail riding and a literbike for speed and sharpness, and I'm looking at this as a middle bike, between those extremes, and with touring chops and comfort, including the ability to stand and unkink the old hips and get some airflow down below. I like the looks of it (Expedition looks better in many ways, IMO), especially the headlights, but I'm still leaning Transalp because it supposedly doesn't throw much heat on the rider. I'd go electric for the low heat and noise, but they're overpriced and I want a commuter-tourer that can handle a fire road and sub-gnarly trails and long range / quick fillups (without being too expensive or heavy, but maybe heavy enough to handle medium crosswinds on the freeway). The only thing going for this over the Transalp for me is the suspension. My 2T has WP something and it's very plush and progressive, so I have some faith in that, but on the other hand maybe for the intended use I wouldn't even be pushing the ostensibly lame Transalp suspension. I just don't know, haven't ridden either bike. My local Honda dealer is actually a KTM dealer who has no Huskies and no Transalps, but the local Yamaha dealer has Norden 901s but no Expeditions -- for those you have to go to the Triumph dealer, go figure. I'm not sure the skid plate, livery, windshield, and suspension are worth blowing up the budget. And I have a major problem with features needing to be "unlocked". Mostly, I wish manufacturers would pay much closer attention to heat management at all speeds and duration of riding. I'm going to be very careful this time not to buy another nut-roaster (or a roaster of any other body part)! And I don't want to buy a new bike and immediately have no choice but to put a full system on it or replace midpipe and wrap it in ugly heat tape or anything like that. It's hot enough with the air temp high, I don't need the bike helping me toward heat stroke. Anyway, thanks for the video, it has been helpful.
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Just got a new exhaust for my Norden Expedition and it’s so worth it! Definitely recommend it.
Love the review. Pretty spot on! One of the most fun and versatile bikes ever made. Once you get it on it, you won’t want to stop riding it!
What exhaust did you go with? Did you notice a difference in power? Thanks for the kind words
@@s13whitesilvia I just did a simple slip on from Dominator Exhaust for now so not really a difference on power, just sounds way better. Would love to do a full cat delete but it’s definitely more expensive and complicated. You usually need a full tune afterwards and sometimes emissions tests can be annoying depending on the area you live in.
I want buy that bike to. But i think about expedition model.
Appreciate you addressing the heat and engine noise, and the normal rider perspective. I have a 2T for gnarly trail riding and a literbike for speed and sharpness, and I'm looking at this as a middle bike, between those extremes, and with touring chops and comfort, including the ability to stand and unkink the old hips and get some airflow down below. I like the looks of it (Expedition looks better in many ways, IMO), especially the headlights, but I'm still leaning Transalp because it supposedly doesn't throw much heat on the rider. I'd go electric for the low heat and noise, but they're overpriced and I want a commuter-tourer that can handle a fire road and sub-gnarly trails and long range / quick fillups (without being too expensive or heavy, but maybe heavy enough to handle medium crosswinds on the freeway). The only thing going for this over the Transalp for me is the suspension. My 2T has WP something and it's very plush and progressive, so I have some faith in that, but on the other hand maybe for the intended use I wouldn't even be pushing the ostensibly lame Transalp suspension. I just don't know, haven't ridden either bike. My local Honda dealer is actually a KTM dealer who has no Huskies and no Transalps, but the local Yamaha dealer has Norden 901s but no Expeditions -- for those you have to go to the Triumph dealer, go figure. I'm not sure the skid plate, livery, windshield, and suspension are worth blowing up the budget. And I have a major problem with features needing to be "unlocked". Mostly, I wish manufacturers would pay much closer attention to heat management at all speeds and duration of riding. I'm going to be very careful this time not to buy another nut-roaster (or a roaster of any other body part)! And I don't want to buy a new bike and immediately have no choice but to put a full system on it or replace midpipe and wrap it in ugly heat tape or anything like that. It's hot enough with the air temp high, I don't need the bike helping me toward heat stroke. Anyway, thanks for the video, it has been helpful.