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Originally Posted by motion
Cliffie,
Unless you're on pavement or hard packed dirt 95% of the time, avoid the big bikes. I know lots of people love them, but fighting that weight gets old really fast. I have sooooo much more fun on 250s on the trails. Even my KLR650 seems like a bloated pig compared to the small bikes I've been renting. If you're going to see dirt, trails, fire roads, etc, stick with 800cc or less. Just my 0.02, whatever that's worth  |
I'm no where near the bike expert Motion is but I would echo what he said... my XL500 at 300 lbs was a pain in the butt in the dirt. When we would go out to the desert I would hop on my friends 250-175 and have a ball.
IMHO dual purpose bikes are a compromise and not really good at either job.
If I were going cross county I would get a cruiser, both BMW and Triumph have nice models.