Been planning a different trip with different routes all over the place for ages now, finally decided to ride from Anchorage to Panama and then go home. Dropped my bike in for a service and then got told it's never going to make the trip. Apparently my engine is pretty much finished, my bike is not going to make it around my home town for another week, never mind the travel milage I had in mind. It's a long story but I have been told this from a mechanic I trust pretty well and I believe him.

Anyway if it's new bike time here's the problem. I want a KTM 990 Supermoto. Does anyone think it's possible to travel on something like this without it being utterly ridiculous? I normally travel on a Fireblade and that's been pretty good I think so far. The way I see it is I ride in other countries for maybe 3 months of the year traveling, then all the rest of my riding is at home so I should get a bike that's great fun for all the time I'm not on the road and maybe just put up with the discomfort when I am. Of course there would be a lot of money involved too that I hadn't been planning to spend, so it is important to me to get a bike I really like and not just something that moves.

Love to hear some of your advice on this, even if it is a silly question.