These Are Your Ultimate Fun/Reliable Two-Car Dream Garages

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My perfect two-vehicle garage is basically two cafe racers of different types: a retro racer inspired track bike with lights and turn signals and a super slow daily cruiser, basically polar opposites that provide the best of both worlds. I have my exotic canyon carver in the form of an MV Agusta Superveloce 800. I bought it thinking it could be the only bike I own, only to ride it for a while longer and realize this was clearly meant to be for weekends only. I bought a Yamaha MT-07 thinking this would be the perfect daily but I realize that after already getting the fast bike, I really want something more toned down (that and the MT-07 isn’t actually as fun to ride as people say it is, minus the torque).

I test rode a Royal Enfield Continental GT650 the other day and found that while the bike is really darn slow, it’s also the kind of bike that I wouldn’t mind riding every day. Something so full of character and so easy to ride would definitely have my attention for as long as I need it for (which, I’m hoping that’s either when it dies or when fossil fuels are completely phased out). But not only that, it costs 5x less than my MV and all the associated operating costs are far FAR less than I expected. I’m scheduled to have it within the next month.

Jalopnik’s own Bob Sorokanich owns an Enfield Conti GT650, which I’ve gotten the chance to ride. That engine may not rush you to MotoGP seeds, but it’s got nice low-end torque and a surprisingly fun sound. They’re good bikes, bront.