This does belong here as it will form the basis of my and hopefully others decision of where to start looking for the right bike.
The eternal "which bike" question is always going to be a favourite debate but I personally need to move it back a stage i.e.. what amount of off road (or diabolical road) do you encounter when looping the world and yes I already know you can stick to tarmac or go full mudfest but what do people generally wish they'd set off on after they've got back (it does always seem to be lighter/smaller).
I've read and fully grasped the "less is more" theory and "no one ever wished they had a heavier bike" so that mantra DOESN'T need repeating but if you get your 690 all tricked up to then spend 90% of the time wearing out soft knobbies on rough roads that a weestrom could cope with then that doesn't sound like fun either.
So my question is on a typical RTW trip where you plan route not road, what percentage is going to be 1/paved road 2/dirt road 3/rutted tracks.


My thinking so far is...

BMW X Challenge. However, I have to buy/import from Germany then spend a fortune on suspension and fuel tanks so although best result on paper, it's too much prep and expense

BMW Sertao. However, small tank and weighty bike which may have can bus apollo 13 electrical system

DR650. However, I need to go shopping all the way to Australia for that one

XTZ Teneré. However, much as i like these I keep reading of under power/over weight too tall etc.

KTM 690. However, if the road is smooth then you have all the discomfort of a dirt bike on tarmac and the price..!!

CCM 450. However, totally unknown quantity with race engine innards so maybe unreliable (although I hope they get this bike sorted for being brave enough to think outside the new default 220+kg adventure box)

I am a fifty something 185lb/85kg/13.5 st. who is probably searching for the two wheeled holy grail

Edit:
I have discounted the juggernaut 1200s straight away as I found even my F800 too much of a handful on dirt tracks and equally I can't realistically see a 250 or the new C90 craze suiting me.

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