Hey Andre- you were right, that looks like a beautiful place to ride a motorcycle! I've been riding maintained US Forest Service roads (sometimes very smooth, sometimes very rutted, loose, rocky, or washed out but receive at least some attention year on year) on a Z900RS Cafe with Dunlop Mutants. It's the wrong bike for those roads, but I love using dirt to stitch together paved roads like The Million Dollar Highway and Tabeguache-Unaweep Scenic Byway in Colorado. And for the twisty pavement, the Z on Mutants is so right. For some rides, I guess I've decided that I'm ok with being loose and a little (sometimes a lot) sketchy on the dirt part so I can lock in and rail mountain and canyon corners. Motorcycles are fun! Thanks for making content.
Sounds fun, but yes, not every bike is everything to all roads. I do like the Z900RS’s though. Colorado is on my list, though lately I’ve mostly made it there in the winter. I’ll get there for biking eventually. Cheers
I'm puzzled you say the suspension is too hard. There is a reason why motocross bikes have hard suspension. Perhaps the Benelli's suspension is for going at a higher speed off the asphalt.
This isn’t a MX bike though, it’s 224kg, and while some people might be able to ride a bike of that weight like an MX bike, I’m not one of them. I found the suspension to be great on-road. Even when pushing on it was firm enough to give confidence when cornering and easy to control the load and unload on braking and acceleration. On a rocky trail, it didn’t work as well and that hard nature meant the bike felt less stable. The problem with going at a higher speed on a trail is the limited ground clearance and suspension travel. If you have one, perhaps try it at high speed on a trail and let me know how MX like it feels. Good luck!
@PeakMotorcycles Of course it's not an MX bike. Look at the Interceptor and the new Bear 650. The scrambler has a harder suspension than its road only sister-for good reason.
The Benelli office is still in Pesaro, Italy, and though the ownership is with Geely, and the manufacturing is done in China, there is still some italian design flare, but with modern, automated manufacturing.
@@PeakMotorcycles The Italians have lost that design flare. I would argue the Japanese have it now if you look at their car designs as well as they are engineered to actually function.
Hey Andre- you were right, that looks like a beautiful place to ride a motorcycle! I've been riding maintained US Forest Service roads (sometimes very smooth, sometimes very rutted, loose, rocky, or washed out but receive at least some attention year on year) on a Z900RS Cafe with Dunlop Mutants. It's the wrong bike for those roads, but I love using dirt to stitch together paved roads like The Million Dollar Highway and Tabeguache-Unaweep Scenic Byway in Colorado. And for the twisty pavement, the Z on Mutants is so right. For some rides, I guess I've decided that I'm ok with being loose and a little (sometimes a lot) sketchy on the dirt part so I can lock in and rail mountain and canyon corners.
Motorcycles are fun! Thanks for making content.
Sounds fun, but yes, not every bike is everything to all roads. I do like the Z900RS’s though. Colorado is on my list, though lately I’ve mostly made it there in the winter. I’ll get there for biking eventually. Cheers
If I had one, I wouldn't contemplate going off road. Nick
Very wise!
I'm puzzled you say the suspension is too hard. There is a reason why motocross bikes have hard suspension. Perhaps the Benelli's suspension is for going at a higher speed off the asphalt.
This isn’t a MX bike though, it’s 224kg, and while some people might be able to ride a bike of that weight like an MX bike, I’m not one of them. I found the suspension to be great on-road. Even when pushing on it was firm enough to give confidence when cornering and easy to control the load and unload on braking and acceleration. On a rocky trail, it didn’t work as well and that hard nature meant the bike felt less stable. The problem with going at a higher speed on a trail is the limited ground clearance and suspension travel. If you have one, perhaps try it at high speed on a trail and let me know how MX like it feels. Good luck!
@PeakMotorcycles Of course it's not an MX bike. Look at the Interceptor and the new Bear 650. The scrambler has a harder suspension than its road only sister-for good reason.
Benelli has become a better product now it is owned and manufactured by the Chinese as opposed to the Italians.
The Benelli office is still in Pesaro, Italy, and though the ownership is with Geely, and the manufacturing is done in China, there is still some italian design flare, but with modern, automated manufacturing.
@@PeakMotorcycles The Italians have lost that design flare. I would argue the Japanese have it now if you look at their car designs as well as they are engineered to actually function.
I think you are filming yourself way too much.
Sorry about that. Others thing that filming riding too much is dull too. It’s an impossible balance. I can only apologise.