Suppose you had a year for a round the world ride - Page 8

 Best bet is a small--under 250 lbs--dual-sport (used to call them
enduros). I have a KLR650 and a Honda 90 now--the KLR is too heavy (337
lbs) and the 90 too slow--barely 40mph downhill. I've lived in Africa 2
years--in 1959 and 1971, and only had bikes there. First an NSU
250---street bike---ok bike in 1959 but had to ride with both feet out
(had some rope-soled sandals) on muddy dirt roads. In 1971 I took a BMW
R60 with earles fork to London and planned to drive it trans-sahara to
Mambasa, but it got stuck --cylinders caught a deep rut--in the mud at
a motorcycle race out in the English countryside and at 450 lb took
three of us to pull it out---not good for Africa. It was going to take
17 visas to go London-Mombasa, some costly, and short-lived--like 30
days. Also there were 5 wars or rebellions going on. So instead I left
the BMW in a garage in London, flew to Nairobi and bought a new
Kawasaki 175 enduro for about 800 dollars. This weighed 225 lbs and
would climb trees--great for dirt and deep sand that you found then on
some of the  E Africa roads--like from Malindi to Lamu, which then was
150 miles of dirt. I made it in 3 hours--learned to keep my speed up to
avoid problems.

 
Rob Kleinschmidt wrote:

V-strom.
The long way 'round.



Happy Trail Tetons for a V-strom.


And one can do.