Honda Transalp XL 600 V (1994)

The oldest horse in the stable. It doesn’t do anything particularly well, and by today’s standards it’s a youngtimer. But looking at it only through a nostalgic lens doesn’t do it justice—because it’s a Trans-Alp, as the name suggests. It can do both: travel and gravel. A compromise, not a pure specialist.

And that’s exactly why I bought it used. I didn’t want a pure off-roader, but I didn’t want a Gold Wing either. I wanted an “I-can-do-everything” bike. Let’s see if that suits me—I didn’t come from dirt, I came from asphalt.

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