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A A A Once we had extricated ourselves and replenished our fuel reserves at the Big Red Barn, we opted for a more civilized route - down the freeway and on to some more open railway service roads. That was fun - the roads are not very well maintained and small potholes turned into massive swimming pools. Drainage ditches were much the same. Enormous fun - and thankfully, nobody managed to fall over and injure their pride or the bikes that were along for the ride. After much conversation about the merits and demerits of perhaps seeing our arses in the slippery stuff, we decided to hit some of the wide gravel roads that everyone loves - and that was a lot of fun and a perfect higher speed testing ground thanks to massive ruts, sand traps and washaways also caused by the rain. The Norden handled all of that with a smile. So - in a nutshell, we’d quietly say that we did a lot more than your average Norden buyer might try. The good news is that, unwittingly or not, we proved unequivocally that this one is one hell of a capable machine. The Nuts n Bolts: By now you’d have read all of the techy info on this bike in our launch story, so we are not going to bore you with all of the good stuff that is included if you unlock the Explorer pack. This bike is loaded with just about every electronic component known to man and it all works. Just as you’d expect from a high-end brand like this. And, we have to say this - actuating it all is really easy. Even for dummies like our Ed who has taken a long time to start coming around to electronic interventions. So far, he agrees that a quickshifter is a great idea...21 inch front 18 inch rear shod in Pirelli scorpion Rallye STR tyres. A light flickable chassis - and a faring that offers great slipstream through the elements. All of this is powered by a very tractable parallel twin engine. It comes complete with easily selector rider modes - off road for calm, rain for wet and street for fast. That simple - and again - it all works rather well. The overall impression of the Norden is one of a small, compact motorcycle. Sure it’s a 900, but its girth belies its engine capacity. It feels small and light, and - if you, like us like an adventure that won’t rip your arms off, it’s plenty powerful and comfortable for long hours in the saddle. We had two bigger adventures along on the day and there was not a single time that we felt we needed more power or torque. In fact - through that nasty, thick bush, there were two of us who were wishing that we were on A E Batt ATV
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