Link to a freshly assembled 2022-1/2 Templar X
https://www.chinariders.net/showpost...&postcount=705
It is an enduro. I have made my 5 speed Templar X the off-road bike by putting the 49 tooth sprocket back on (swapped the entire wheel and chain from the new 6 speed). In the process, the new 6 speed got the 39tooth rear sprocket (and new o-ring chain). That, plus the 6 speed transmission will drop the revs for more sedate highway use.
So this new blue 2022-1/2 6 speed Temp X will be morphed into an adventure tourer, with luggage capacity. Those big adventure touring bikes like the Tenere (probably the smallest, most sensible one in the bunch!!) are just too big and cumbersome for anything more slippery than a graded logging road. I would hate to have to upright it from a spill
The Temp X is less than 270lbs wet, before luggage! And it has plenty of suspension to handle the luggage. It has a reserve position to help prevent running out of gas (a separate tube from each lobe can be selected at the petcock). Range is probably 175 miles, and I can carry a small bottle of extra gas to extend that in a pinch.
I will eventually replace the full on knobby on the 6 speed to a Tusk DSport, which it turns out is much smoother due to closer (and much bigger!) blocks and a flattened center. I have one on my Bashan Storm, and it is not only much smoother on the road, but amazing in the loose dirt, rock trails. The thing really bites in better than standard knobbies that come on these bikes.
I am going to look into shorter, or longer rear suspension dogleg links to drop the bike about an inch and a half. I can clamp the fork tubes up by an half inch or so. I might go with a Kenda K270 on the front. That is a compromise for adventure touring, running errands, and the occasional commute
