Life Weight
I keep my life weight down to 25kg, even on the big BMWs.
As far as off roading in Africa is concerned - and I shall be honest here in spite of being a life long BMW fan. The BMW GS handles like a Jumbo Jet with flat wheels on rough terrrain fully loaded. (At least the older models give the rider some feedback to the actual conditions of the surface) The new Adventures are being produced with fancy suspension units controlled by a computer making decisions for the rider making it perhaps into a situation whereby the computer replaces experience. A fully loaded bike depending on it's position on a rough track on a hill will be impossible to lift on ones own. Many riders are alone. I have learn't to do my off road riding after I have located my base camp on a main tarred or gravelled route. For off roading I then just carry my survival kit in a back pack.
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