Sunday, February 05, 2006

What Dual Sport It Comes Down To

Ladies, feel free to pick the pretty one. Men, personal experience, rumors, baseless advice appreciated. Here they are in order of contention:
XR650R - Must be made street legal, has power out the ass, is light for its size, off road genius, Baja 1000 champ every year. Cheap. It's a bit tall.

XR650L - Street legal, good to go w/o modification (other than seat height), will carry two up without protest, good torgue but slow on the tarmac, very off road capable, cheap, heavy and tall.


KTM - street legal, good power, great offroad though heavy, buzzy at speed, high maintenance, pricey, looks very cool.


Honda Africa Twin - Never seen one of these have you?! We can't et 'em in the US/Canada. 600cc V-twin, great road manners, heavy, low power for the weight, have traveled the world.

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