[bmxr]

When the Japanese bring a real supermoto to market and it fails, then this guy might be onto something. Until then, he's drawing the conclusions he wants to from what is happening out there.

Then again, maybe he's just plain Fing wrong, since I can't remember the last time I went to a shop and saw a supermoto bike sitting on the showroom floor marked down.
Heck, I saw two of the new Yamaha WR250x on the street today and they looked SICK. Good luck finding one of those that hasn't been spoken for, but if it was a 450 (or bigger), you REALLY wouldn't be able to find one.

 

[bmxr]

I just went on a 3 day ride of about a thousand miles. But I do have a DR650sm, not a hardcore race motard.

wolfe and I did that last year on our supermoto bikes up at the Gap. He was on his Aprilia 550 and I was on my Husaberg...not exactly touring bikes! :lol: Granted it's not a daily thing , but that's only because we live in Florida. If I lived up there I would never get off my bike!

Most of the people I know who have gotten into, and subsequently out of, supermoto bikes either: 1) like to go for highway rides with their sportbike buddies that ride over 100mph everywhere they go, or; 2) just think it's cooler to putter around and park with the blinged-out chrome retarded stuff.

Most of the guys (and gals) that actually know how to ride and like to ride hard, seem to continue to swear by their "dirt bikes with slicks"...