I have had my 05 DL650 about 9 months now and I like it a lot. I am about 50years old and have been riding or racing most of those years. I ride my DL650 in the AZ desert two up. I weigh 220lbs or more with gear and the wife around 135lbs. It will run 125mph two up and it gets to a 100 in a hurry. It does well on hard packed gravel roads and pavment. The down pipe is to low for rough off road. It will wipe a BMW off any road because it is a lot lighter and that matters on gravel roads. 417lbs dry. It could use an upgraded rear shock and some fork spring upgrades to brinkg it's suspension to that of a KTM. It's a good place to start your RTW bike project.
Bill
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