BMW R80GS, bought new in 1991 and has taken me UK to Australia, around South America, Europe several times and countless trips to work, shopping etc. It has needed work along the way but only left me needing a tow once 20 miles from home at 175,000 miles.
An honourable mention to my 1983 R80G/S, bought from the original owner who had done a 4 year RTW trip on it with his wife then used it for commuting for 10 years. I got it as something of a wreck with 120,000 miles on it and after a full overhaul did 20,000 trouble free miles across Africa on it, the bikes second trans-Africa trip. It has since been used for just about everything and has never needed towing home although it did leave me stuck in 3rd gear 10 miles from where I was staying in California but still got me home, on that tour which was four years ago it did nearly 20,000 in North America with that the only problem, it has now done 195,000 miles and is still on the road.
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