Small Is Best
Choice of bike depends on where you travel. BMW spares are non existent in many places. I ride a Honda 125. Spares are available everywhere. The bike has transported me from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego without mechanical trouble and I am now back in Panama heading north to the US. Next ride I will chose a 200 and have a custom seat built to accomodate my fat old butt. While traveling the past two years, I have met many bikers on big bikes. They drop a big bike on a leg, they end in hospital. Their accidents were more costly than mine, some waited weeks for spares. Finally, a big bike is a flag of afluence in poor countries. Forget that the bike is second hand - the image counts. Flags of afluence can make you a target. You can find a Blog of my trip at home
Good luck and have fun...
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