Which first bike for a long trip from EU to North Africa / USSR / West Asia?
Hi!
This is my first post here so let me introduce myself. My name is Artur, I live in Poland and I'm going to start my first long moto adventures as soon as possible. As many new adventure riders I have a huge problem concerning my first bike. I read almost all post here and on ADVrider but I'm still confused...
So maybe I will present my profile here and someone will try to help me a little bit. I'm about 80kg weight, 180cm height, 89cm legs. I'm going to travel from Poland to north Africa or east USSR and east Asia. So I need a bike which allows to drive about 120kmh in Europe on highways or other fast roads and then just relax  in that part of Africa or Asia. Europe is so boring for me.
My friend bought an Africa Twin some weeks ago. It's a wonderful bike but feels to heavy and the seat is to high for me. The bike performs well on roads (comfortable ride) but I have a lot of problems when off roading. Mud, sand, bad roads etc. are not so easy due to the height and weight of the machine. I couldn't pick up the bike alone when it fell down while stopping. I'm not experienced.
So what to chose? Any tips?
Greetings!
Artur
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Cheers!
Arthur
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