Heya, I have to open one of the unspeakable “I need a bike tip” threads now. Sorry in advance I know there are a lot of threads, but usually for beginners who are looking for a strong/fast machine for heating. The background is this: My wife drives a Kawasaki W800 and loves the bike hot and intimate. It is always registered for the season from March to October and is standing outside (cover, no garage). It definitely doesn’t want to replace it, because it’s just her dream bike. Accordingly, her dedication to cleaning, polishing, etc. is also strongly pronounced, when it has unexpectedly rained overnight or we had rain rides. It breaks her heart when she passes by the bike and it looks dirty/dry. She also drove the machine from time to time on the 20 km work path, but does not want that anymore – for everyday rides the W800 is too bad for her, si e she prefers to ride on the common tours. So now she is looking for an additional motorcycle, which she wants to register all year round. Primary it should drive the work path daily and possibly replace the W800, if we have to start with a view of rain or if she has to take more luggage with her. So it should be a motorcycle, which does not do too much work while cleaning or does not hurt her, if it does not shine – quasi a work animal. Therefore I thought that maybe a motorcycle with K ardan would be chic in order to also eliminate the chain care. (“gerne” = would be nice, but doesn’t have to) I just looked at mobile.de with the ideas (largest filter was about Kardan and price) and there are the following models, which could somehow still agree to it in the farthest possible way. But everything is rather the naked than the semi-clad versions. I have not yet looked at everything for the seat height or in the ergonomic simulator and it is also partly d – Is there something you would say: Yes, that is reliable and low maintenance and corresponds to the requirements? – Most of them are machines from the 80s, but there are many well maintained offers, where all possible maintenance work/repairs are listed. However, they usually have 40t to 90t km. Is this still worth considering or are there very expensive repairs for certain models, which are known to be necessary – Is the idea with Kardan possibly nonsense, because Kardan directly increases the weight and a chain to grease is not a real problem? – Do you have other suggestions and why? Thank you for reading up here 🙂