Difference in cruiser and tour bikes

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rickyh
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Difference in cruiser and tour bikes

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I was thinking of taking my vsta 650 across a couple of states?
Would this type of bike be suitable for that or probaly not ?
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sure it would be fine as long as your comfortable on it. i know theres groups of people that take ninja250s cross country if they can do it on them any bike can do it ;)
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Sure no problem.

I toured North America on a 360 Twin.

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#4 Unread post by Gummiente »

rickyh wrote:I was thinking of taking my vsta 650 across a couple of states?
Would this type of bike be suitable for that or probaly not ?
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#5 Unread post by -Holiday »

if i can do it on a bicycle i'm sure you can do it on any motorcycle.
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#6 Unread post by canuckerjay »

That should be comfortable enough. Heck, I once took my old Seca all over Ontario and Quebec.

That wasn't so comfortable.
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#7 Unread post by iwannadie »

according to alot of people youd "outgrow" the bike before you made it across country so its not worth doing it ; p
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