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Originally Posted by AnTyx
There was a guy on here just recently who did it on a GSX-R, so I think your Versys will be fine.  Just needs the right tires.
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Depends on your definition of "fine," I'd say. He sure spent a lot of time fretting about stuff that would have been beneath notice on any 20 year old dual sport. Maybe I read with a jaundiced eye, but to me it seemed like the theme of his trip was not what fun he was having, but instead that it could be done at all on a sport bike. Seems to me he also found the riding position limiting, although that wouldn't be so much of a problem on a Versys.
So of course this trip will be possible on a Versys. The question is how much fun it'll end up being. Since riding season in the Pamirs is now over, OP has at least 6 months--probably 8 or 10--to sell his Versys and buy a dual sport. This doesn't seem like an insurmountable problem.
Maybe we can meet up and compare notes. I'm planning to be there late next summer on a (rented) 20-year-old dual sport, and I'm always happy to eat crow when shown to be incorrect or delusional.
Mark
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