Generally I would tell people to ride what you already own. Unless you are good at it, buying and selling bikes constantly is a quick way to lose cash. (BUT good for me as I only buy used bikes)
Id recommend putting some knobblies and crash bars on the 800GS and ride the crap out of it, throw it down the trail a few times and get over faffing around worrying about getting salt on it.
IF you really cant do that, then sell it and buy something Japanese with one cylinder and a carb and use something that you don't mind dropping. That's the good thing with Honda XR, Yamaha XT and Suzuki DR singles, there is no cosmetic plastic guff to break on them.
As the guys have mentioned, the depreciation of it just sitting in your garage/shed is huge - may as well enjoy riding it, after its got a few dings and scratches on it you wont worry so much about it
Last edited by Gipper; 2 Aug 2015 at 00:58.
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