A week ago, I sold my 2015 SR400 for an offer I couldn’t refuse and put the money toward this brand new NX500. The weather has been very cooperative in my area and I’ve been able to get it through 300 miles commuting to work, and doing my best to do a proper break-in otherwise.

I put nearly 13k miles on my SR. It wasn’t the fastest, but it got me to work for years reliaby and took me on some amazing multi-day road adventures. I’ll certainly miss the charm of the 400 thumper and novelty of being kickstart only, but I think dailying an SR through even rain and freezing cold has earned me the smoothness of the NX (in comparison) and electric start.

This was the SR earlier this year.

    • ImInLoveWithLife@lemmy.zipOP
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      2 days ago

      A buddy of mine had a ton of gear he wasn’t using after he sold his Tenere 700, so he just gave me a couple dry bags because he knows I ride everyday. I don’t see any branding on the bag, but it seems higher quality than others I’ve used. I’ll probably eventually get Tusk rackless luggage at some point. Believe it or not, for the four years I used my SR, I mainly just used a backpack, but I was known to strap everything, from 300+ piece toolkits, to rolls of plastic sheeting, milk crates for groceries, regular duffle bags, and even a gun or two width wise across the back seat and be on my way. Inspired by the global south, I realized creativity is the limiting factor (okay, maybe some safety stuff, too) on carrying things on bikes.

      Edit: I took it off the bike when I got to work this morning. It’s a Sedici? Never heard of them, but I’m satisfied with it.