South America is mostly a road riding destination. However, I still like to take a knobby tire as I like to cater for the worst road conditions and prefer the D606 which is great on road. Did a track day on that tire and kept up with R6's and Ducati's. We rode heavily laden F650 Dakar's on our trip which included Ruta 40, Carretera Austral and Bolivia Altiplano as the main "off road" sections. They're still roads, just dirt roads. Only on the Altiplano did I really wish I brought a 250 weight bike. It's still fine on a large bike, but it would be more fun.
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