GO FOR IT !!!
you will be surprised how flexible and torquey this dual sport bikes are... good to scare the road runner fraction of biker, at least on the traffic light, even with knobbies as I do accelerating out of the bends... you can fit more road type tyres if you want to match the surface ... yae playing on gravel is fun...
and weight wise... well compare to road bike with there +200Kg, a dual purpose bike with a 600cc sort of engine may gets up to 145Kg in the worst but less in the most case and only around 100Kg if you start with a 250cc which I would warmly recommend you to start with as 1st bike, just to get used to it's grunt before switching over to bigger ones.... easy to fix as well lot's 2nd hand around to choice of.... regarding your tempting adventuresome 5'8'' lighter-weight... well you can still fit a lowering link very easily to get your feet on to the ground.
Bike wise... have a look at the XR250s, DR250 they are basic and got grunt.. dual purpose bikes are not top heavy at all.... easy to pick up if you drop it, you won't need a helping hand from a cretin...
spooky
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