Help a gal out
I'm a new rider searching out my first bike, and was looking for a bit of advice from folks who are wise in the riding ways. I'm looking for something that will fit a 5'8'' lighter-weight adventuresome chick (32in inseam). One of my ideas is to load the sucker up for off-road/desert/guerrilla camping trips, and fire-road explorations the other is city riding.
A few of my friends are discouraging the dual sport idea on the basis of the center of gravity being higher, and the tires not being ideal for city riding (which I will also be doing). Others have been suggesting a Motard, which seems like a middle of the road option but does not offer fantastic off-road preformance. Still another tells me to just forget the dual sport and get a standard.
In conclusion I'm looking for something in the 250-650cc range, lightweight, below $2,000ish (used) but I'm flexible, dual sport for mostly on-road but still dual sport, something that has a wide availability of parts and is fairly easy to work on, does OK on freeways, and has the ability to attach panniers.
well, here goes, you gotta start somewhere right?
Thanks for any suggestions and thoughts you all might have.
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