Nomad
Member
Good day,
I finally got off the proverbial pot and bought a new old stock 2019 from my local dealer. I've been looking at ADV bikes for the past 3 years or so about 5 minutes after getting my bike license. After riding my FZ8 for the last 3 years I got approval from the boss and picked up the new ST. I test rode almost every ADV bike I could and settled on the ST. Albeit, with a bit of hesitation given its size and weight compared to my outgoing bike. End of the day, built quality, reliability, cost of repairs, and manufacturing location played a large part in my decision to purchase the ST. I had a hard time reconciling the purchase price of a 850GS or Tiger 900, bikes both made in South Asia against a bike made in Japan. It was also pretty hard to argue with the price and incentives Yamaha was offering. Now if the rain would just stop and I could put some kms on the brand new tires and wear off that silica.
Cheers
I finally got off the proverbial pot and bought a new old stock 2019 from my local dealer. I've been looking at ADV bikes for the past 3 years or so about 5 minutes after getting my bike license. After riding my FZ8 for the last 3 years I got approval from the boss and picked up the new ST. I test rode almost every ADV bike I could and settled on the ST. Albeit, with a bit of hesitation given its size and weight compared to my outgoing bike. End of the day, built quality, reliability, cost of repairs, and manufacturing location played a large part in my decision to purchase the ST. I had a hard time reconciling the purchase price of a 850GS or Tiger 900, bikes both made in South Asia against a bike made in Japan. It was also pretty hard to argue with the price and incentives Yamaha was offering. Now if the rain would just stop and I could put some kms on the brand new tires and wear off that silica.
Cheers