weight eats up power!
so if there's a 20 kw difference in official power, a light one like honda nx 250 or kawasaki klr 250 will perform better in comparison with a heavy one (bmw 650, f.e.)than you might expect.
the smaller bikes give you advantage on bad terrain: easy handling, low fuel consumpion.
if you go alone, you will be happy with a bike like mentioned above. these two bikes are very reliable, liquid cooled and (best of all) very cheap. even tough sahara sand roads don't cause too much problems for them.
going at high rpm provides agressive acceleration even at higher cruising speed.
i'm doing fine on my two nx 250 all over south america, europe and northern africa.
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