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Originally posted by Flying Gringo:
And KLR650s are junk.
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Huh? The KLR is the most popular bike for overlanding - there are many, many satisfied owners - but your bad experience makes them all junk? Come on... Don't most KLR owners go through something like this: you buy a new one, ride it a bit, find it's faults, feel a little unhappy with it and start looking enviously at other people's bikes, wondering why you didn't get one of them instead of that butt-ugly KLR ... but after sticking with what you have you start to realise that it ain't so bad, maybe pretty damn good, and after dumping it for the 40th time you're really happy to be riding that ugly KLR rather than pushing something pretty!
There is no perfect overlanding bike and never will be. Even if you buy the 'sensible' model that everyone recommends, you might end up with a bike built on Friday-afternoon which'll give you nothing but problems. The KLR is a good bet, my pick for SA, but the Dakar is a reasonable choice, too, and could be the right one for you. Relax and be happy with whatever you go with - the trip is about a lot more than just the bike.
My two centavos,
James
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James Courtier
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