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Hello,58 yr old lifelong off-road motorcycle guy. Kinda intrigued with the whole the idea of building out a TW as a backroad Adv bike. Have a few friends setting up small bikes and I may have to get involved too 😂.

Knees are getting in very bad shape so whatever I ride must have tall seat and low pegs. (I’ve seen where Seat Concepts sells a tall seat.)

Does anyone sell low pegs for the TW?

Is the TW kickstand strong enough to stand on the pegs while throwing a leg up/over the seat/rear rack? (If the rear rack is full can’t just step on).

Kickstand on my KTMs are made for the weight of the bike only,standing on the pegs with kickstand down will bend/brake them. Kickstand on the DR is very strong and I can stand on pegs to throw my leg up/over the rack and seat.

THX for any info or insight you could provide,this riding small bikes In inappropriate places stuff is all new to me.

 

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Velocity,thx for the quick reply. Slowest guy in the group is one of the reasons I’m not committed yet? (Have one other friend building a Honda Trail CT125 and he says he knows a few others messing with small bikes.)The TW def would not mesh well with my current usual group of KTM 500’s,DR650’s,DRZ400’s,etc… I’m fortunate enough to be in a position and stage of life I can have multiple bikes (diff tools for diff jobs within reason). Hard to pull the trigger when I don’t really know how much I will enjoy riding little bikes?

 

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(Fat fingers double post)

 

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Thx for all the replies,I’m def intrigued with these machines. Will keep my eyes out for something used to come for sale in the Indianapolis area.

 

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I’ve tried mounting my loaded DR650 that way before,I’m just not damn bendy anymore 😂

 

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Thx Speedy,like I said earlier I’m fairly new to ADV style of riding (dirt/off-road guy) but so far having a blast tooling around backroads and avoiding highways as much as possible. I’ve got low pegs and tall seat on it,thing is def all day/multi day comfortable. That pic was taken right after I prepped the DR for Smokey Mountain 500 adventure route ride. Hotel to hotel for 5 days. I’ve also got a KTM 500exc-f setup for ultra lightweight ADV riding,it too has low pegs and tall seat. A lot more exciting to to ride than the DR but not near as comfortable.
I could envision doing something like that on a TW if my knees aren’t to bent up on a TW?? I’m just gonna have to keep my eyes peeled for one at an organized adv ride and bum a test

 

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Thx Sierra,exactly the kinda feedback I was looking for. I’m still on the fence about just going out and buying one without a test ride?? I need to be patient and wait till I meet someone that actually owns one I can test ride for a bit. I personally don’t see myself getting rid of my 500 or 650,just adding another one to the stable.

 

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I’m trying to be patient 😂 but I do like toys