In december 2000 I bought a new Transalp. Have 64000km on the clock. Been all over France, done a lot in the Alps and seen all of Marocco with it. It went down on his sides almost 18th time by now. Always low speeds (hmmm, well once almost 40km/h I think) and off road.
Besides normal services and maintenance nothing has happened to the bike!!!
Deep water, mud, snow, sand, rocky tracks, big oueds, little oueds (that I didn't see in time sometimes...),... It all went ok. There are some pics on the website below.
Really happy with it. It looks a bit banged now, but it is the most trusty think I ever had.
One modification I would consider:
* higher screen.
For the rest you can pretty much do what you want.
If you take it off road: I use Michelin Desert. They were great. Since it is a heavy bike, I think you do need these tires.
have fun!!!
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