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DL off road

The DL dose not have the ground clearince of the other bikes. The rubber that come on the bike standerd is crap off road, its built for dirt roads. The DL is to heavy for any real off road for most us mortals.

But you dint say in your post you are planing to go off road. A bash plate and some time off road will help with ground clearince (as well as new bog bones, new rear shock and droping the frunt tubes). Get some nobbies and you will have enof grab in the dirt. If you realy want a dirt bike then get one. No bike here but maby a KTM 650 rebilt for off road will mach with a true dirt bike.

The road to Rocky Point is paved all the way so its not the road that beat up your frend. The KLR was probly set up in its OME form. Get new road tires, grip puppies, rocker, maby a cruise control, new seat ext. and relax a bit (oh a drugs like motrin) you be fine.

The main problim with Honda and the rest is there people think Americans will only buy bikes over 1000 cc. Forget showing them reports of BMW f650 or zuki DL650 out selling there big bikes.
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I dont know if this type of bike is available in US but can i throw this spanner in and see. Its the Yamaha XT660R.

I have been reseaching it for a trip to africa in 2 years time and all feed back about it is generally good. It has bassically the same engine as the old XT600 (i have been told) and will go on for years with general maintenance. It is lighter than the DL and AT but doesnt make as much power. But I have been told it will sit at 80mph all day as long as you fill it up.

As with all the bikes there are some mods needed like bashplate, handguards etc. The only problems i had was the petrol tank was too small, Home do a larger petrol tank but is made from carbon fibre and is around £900. But on the Xt660 forum news has just broke that Acrebis are going to make a larger fuel tank for it by the end of the year. Dont know what size etc but is to be around £250.

For me this hopefully will be the perfect bike for doing my daily commute of around 40-45 miles a day for at least a year, in that time i will kit it out with stuff, take it on tours, do my own maintenance, learn more about the bike and then me and my brother are going off to do africa.
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