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I was thinking today about how I would have probably turned back this morning when I got to this jeep trail if I had been on a big BMW like I used to ride in Guatemala:
While I enjoy the light weight, fuel effieciency and ability to filter through third world cities with the pizza delivery bikes that a 250 Super Sherpa allows me, most people carry more stuff and ride bigger bikes. Nothing wrong with that.
The worse the roads, the nicer the people. You get to meet a lot of nice people on a little dirt bike.
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John Downs
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Hi,
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Originally Posted by John Downs
The worse the roads, the nicer the people. You get to meet a lot of nice people on a little dirt bike.
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Thats so true. If you travel on a small bike sometimes even the local people own a simular bike and invite you to stay but they will treet you like money on legs and start begging if you arrive on a fancy big bike...
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I'm a recent convert of the WRR which is my first 250 and it still doesn't stop to amaze me. It's less vibey than my BM 650 and heaps more fun to ride. Looking back all my trips I reckon it would have been more fun on it. Less is most definitely more.
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18 Dec 2012
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bike size
For me bike size depends on continents and roads , I loved my 250XR in SE Asia ( mostly off road) but if you talk long distance in Australia or USA a 690 is more fun for me , for my next RTW I will most likely take a DR650 for Africa and some small bike for the rest of the world . My 1200GS was a superbe bike but after 7 month in South America on a 650 DL I don't see the need for big CC, what I needed was better clearance but never more power. I drove the DR350 for few hundred mile and this is also a great size for on and off roaf .
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I just switched from a Honda XRV750 to the new CRF250L.
We are going RTW on the CRFL's next year.
Will miss the comfort on the highway, wont miss the weight in all other cases.
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