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ʻO ka BMW K 1600 GT a me GT-L ka mea kiʻekiʻe loa o nā kaʻa ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe. Kiʻi: (Lou Martin)

I loko o ka makahiki i hoʻonui hou ʻia ai ke kūʻai ʻana o nā kaʻa kaʻa, ua loaʻa mai nā mea hana kaʻa kaʻa me kahi plethora o nā kaʻa kaʻa alanui hou.

Ma waena o nā kaʻa kaʻa hou i hōʻike ʻia i loko o kā mākou lumi hōʻikeʻike he mau mīkini ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe me ABS, nā ʻano mīkini koho a me ka hoʻokele traction, ʻoiai ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, aia nā hiʻohiʻona retro e hao i ka hoʻoilina nui o ka mea hana.

'O ka BMW K 1600 GT a me GT-L ka mea ki'eki'e loa o nā ka'a ka'a ki'eki'e, 'a'ole ia e hō'ike wale i nā mea a pau i luna a'e, akā, 'o ka honua holo'oko'a mua loa e hahai ana i ka pihi o ka huli i ke komo 'ana o ka mea holo. 

Aia ʻo Ducati i ka pili ʻenehana me ka Multistrada a me Diavel, he mau kaʻa no nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ka spectrum holo. Ua lanakila ka Diavel i kā mākou koho no ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka makahiki… 

Ma waena o nā hiʻohiʻona retro, ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka Vespa PX150 me ka loli ʻole, me kahi kaʻa kaʻa, a me ʻelua mau hiʻohiʻona Iapana i kūkulu maikaʻi ʻia (Kawasaki W800 a me Honda CB1100) e hoʻāla i nā hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi o nā makahiki 1960 a me 70s.

Ua ʻimi pū ʻia ka ʻāina ākea o Australia a me nā kaukani mau mile o nā alanui lepo e ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Triumph, i ʻike ʻia i nā makahiki i hala iho nei no kāna mau kaʻa alanui. 

He ākea ka koho, mai ka Suzuki V-Strom 650 nani me ABS a hiki i ka Multistrada me kāna mau kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.

Aloha nō hoʻi mākou i ke ʻano akamai o ka Harley-Davidson Dyna Switchback, e hele ana mai ka cruiser a i ka mākaʻikaʻi i kekona me ka hoʻopili wikiwiki ʻana i ka makani makani a me nā ʻeke ʻeke, ʻoiai ʻo ka Victory Vegas 8-Ball he wīwī whistling nani me ka maikaʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana. .

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ʻo ka mea lanakila ʻo ia ka BMW S 1000 RR hāmeʻa kaʻa kaʻa, nāna i hōʻike i ka palekana a me ka hana i hoʻokahi hana ʻenehana i puhi i ko mākou mau maka.

I ka makahiki 2012, ua hana hou ka Bavarians. ʻO kēia manawa me ka K 1600 GT a me GTL, kahi e hoʻohui ai i ka palekana a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe me kahi kaʻa huakaʻi nui a ʻoluʻolu e kūʻē i nā kānāwai o ka physics me kāna hana a me ka wikiwiki.

BIKE ALANUI O KA MAKAHIKI

1 - BMW K 1600 GT - ($34,990-$36,990): ʻAʻohe mea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Honda Gold Wing huakaʻi no ka agility, ka mana a me ka hiki. A hiki i kēia manawa. ʻO ka hou ʻeono pahu BMW 1600 GTL engine e hāʻawi i ka mana a me ka torque, ʻoi aku nā hiʻohiʻona, ʻoi aku ka māmā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa. A lawe ia i ka ʻenehana paikikala i ka pae aʻe.

2 - Ducati Diavel - ($23,490-$36,990): Slobber i nā mea a pau āu e makemake ai a laila e hoʻohuli i kou wāwae inā ʻaʻa ʻoe, no ka mea ʻaʻole kēia kaʻa macho he lumi hōʻikeʻike wale nō, akā he moku holo moana ikaika maoli. ʻO ke kumu hoʻohālike AMG ka mea e hoʻopilikia i ka male.

3 - Aprilia Tuono - ($ 21,990 XNUMX): ʻO nā mea a pau e like me ka RSV4 haʻuki kaʻa, akā me ka ʻole o ka hilinaʻi kūpono. Loaʻa iā ia kahi mana hoʻoponopono maikaʻi ʻia o ka mana traction a Aprilia a me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻokele engine.

4 - Harley-Davidson Dyna Switchback - ($26,990): Ke kālepa akamai mai Harley: E lawe i kahi Dyna paʻa, mālama maikaʻi ʻia a hoʻolako iā ia me kekahi mau mea huakaʻi kaʻahele e hana i kahi "hoʻololi". ʻO ka cherry ke kumu kūʻai.

5 - Triumph Tiger 800 - ($14,390-$17,290):T He pūʻolo kūʻai kūʻai ʻole, akā he ripoff wale nō o ka BMW F 800 me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia a me nā kaʻa. ʻO ka hoʻohālike ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻomaliʻi.

6 - Kawasaki W800 - ($11,990): ʻOi aku ʻo ia ma mua o Bonneville. A ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o $500 ma mua o ke kaʻa kaʻa Pelekane, hele mai ia me nā mea ʻokoʻa e like me nā kiaʻi chrome kuʻuna, nā pahu pahu pahu, nā alligators fork, kahi pāpale kinoea hiki ke laka a me kahi kū waena. ʻO ka Honda CB1100 ($14,990-$15,490) a me Vespa P150 ($5990) ʻaʻole lōʻihi loa ma hope o nā uku retro.

7 - Suzuki V-Strom 650A - ($10,890): ʻO ia kekahi o nā makana maikaʻi loa ma ka mākeke me ka hana pōkā i hoʻāʻo ʻia i ka manawa. I kēia manawa, loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻolālā i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, ʻoi aku ka palekana, hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka wahie hoʻokele, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ke kaumaha māmā.

8 - Lanakila Vegas 8-Ball - ($18,495): E nānā i kēia wahi. Ke hoʻomaka nei kēia hōʻailona ʻAmelika e hele i nā alanui me kā lākou mau moku holo moku a me nā mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi. He laʻana koʻikoʻi kēia kŘkohu o ka hana maikaʻi mai ʻAmelika.

9 - Yamaha Super Tenere - ($19,990): E pili ana ia i ka ʻike Dakar a me ka makemake no ka Australian outback. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, kaumaha loa a ʻaʻole e pio ka ABS no ka hoʻohana ʻana ma waho o ke alanui.

10 - Honda Crossrunner – ($14,990): ʻO ke ʻano hiʻohiʻona o ke kaʻa kaʻa hoʻokele ma waho o ke alanui me ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o Honda. Ke kali nei mākou no ka hōʻea ʻana mai o Crosstourer SUV i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka makahiki aʻe.