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Agreed on the "a lot of luck"....
I had been looking into the transalp myself. Honda's seem incredibly reliable to me & every country we are going through sells them.
But I'm 5'8" and I don't stand flatfooted on one... which would make it almost impossible for the female who is 4"-6" shorter to also be able to ride...
I am not totally turned off by the BMW's... I have a bad taste in my mouth from a friend who snapped a clutch cable on his GS & to replace it more complicated than heart surgery & took longer too...
Some of my fears are:
- Honda doesn't make the TransAlp in the US for the old guy
- if we get the female a bike she can stand on without problem it will probably be a 250ish class (and not too good in bad conditions) & we will be zipping around on monsters
- I think I am leaning towards a TransAlp when riding alone, but if I have to double the female then as I understand it, a GS is really the only option? I don't want to buy 1 bike and then sell it for something else
- plus I can't get it out of my head how much easier a light weight bike 125 / 250 is in the nasty stuff (Claudio on the red-devil)... why not line all 3 of us up on little bikes? Varadero 125?
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