It took a while, but I finally found a bike. I'm driving down to the Alabama coastline to pick up a Kawasaki KLX400 dual sport bike. I spent time on advrider and decided I had to try a dual sport bike. I want something that can do local backroads and still get through tight forest trails.
It's wearing supermoto wheels, but the sale includes the stock dirt wheels. It already has a lot of great mods (hand guards, Corbin seat, Garmin GPS, skidplate, rack and bag, several extra sprockets, and the list goes on).
I plan to put the dirt wheels on and ride on land nearby. Then, backroads. Last, mix with cagers.