Adventure tourer fad

[zer0netgain]

Isn't "character" (in vehicles and people) a euphemism for idiosyncratic and difficult?

I think "patena" also applies.  

[Sport-Touring]

[rajflyboy]

Adventure tourer has no sex appeal.  

Couldn’t get any if it wanted too.  

[tbzep]

I went to a Motorcycle Sport Touring Association (MSTA) ride to eat today. Fifteen bikes showed up - thirteen ADV bikes, one naked bike, and one FJR.

That's like the BMW club that eats at a place near me on weekends.  20 years ago, 25-30 BMW's and a handful of other bikes were there.  I've never owned a BMW, so I was always one of the "other" bikes.  Now, there's about 5 to 10 bikes that regularly show up and there's never more than 2 BMW's.  Usually there are none.  

[ChrisZRX]

The opposite has happened. Tall-Rounders in (adv bikes), big four cylinder tourers out. As adv bikes became more popular that's where the development and tech went.

https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/news/are-classic-sport-touring-motorycles-dead/