Need advice on 4 bikes.
Hei guys this is my fist post on this forum. I would like to have your opinions on few bikes Im considering to buy.
Before anything I should mention that Im total newb in motorcycles and have been on one only once in my life,
What Im looking at is enduro class and more specificaly BMW F650 Dakar, Yamaha XT660Z, KTM 990 Adventure R and KTM 690 Enduro or Enduro R.
Now what I want fom my bike, most important is endurance and durability, second is performance and handling, what I care least about is comfort.
I would buy bike with 4 things in my mind: 1) Everyday urban driving to work and home 2) Something to go wild with on track and trail 3) Something that could get me to the end of the world and back
Now my thoughts on every bike on what I have read on forum:
F650 Dakar - This was what I found first to fit my needs, cheap as used, great on and off trail but as I have read might be complicated to mod or work on by yourself, also expensive spare parts.
Tenere - Cheap as new, can be repaired and modified by myself, also good for both asphalt and dirt, slightly cheap build quality and slightly underpowered?
Adventure R - Expensive, good looking, heavy, lots of power, seems like less offroad oriented than others, would be perfect for long rides to nowhere but wouldnt be a lot of fun.
690 Enduro/Enduro R - Light, ok price, good quality, in theory this is what I like most because it has the most flexibility could mod it to something like 690 Rallye and hit the tracks for fun and then when I get spare time to do
some traveling mod it to adventure bike. Now this is the question with this bike can it handle trip to lets say Mongolia or South Africa when modded, seems to me it is built more for 1500km ends rather than 15000km ones, there isnt even any space for travel bags...
It seems the perfect option would be to buy 2 bikes: a random cheap MX and Adventure R but as I only can get one...
Ok waiting for your thoughts, sorry if im confusing, english isnt my first language.
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