I just got back from a 6000 mile 5 week tour of Mexico on a DR. Perfect bike for it. MEFO tires went the entire way with some serious dirt and rock sections; I recommend them. They don't hook up quite as well as TKC80's but they are a smoother ride on pavement and last much, much longer. I bought the Happy Trails rack and put Pellican side cases on the bike. I crashed on the dirt 4 times and one was at 35-40 mph I'm guessing. My friend hit a horse at 50. The Pellican cases did not have any side effects from these crashes except for minor causmetic damage. I was extremely impressed. On the other hand, the next bags I get are going to be top loading. Period. What else can I tell you? Hmmm. My friend had a DR650 with the FMFQ2 and used a 160 jet with a K and H. It worked well. We drove several times up to 11,000 from sea level and used the fuel screw and idle adjustments to deal with the altitude. No problems. I used a collapsable camp chair in addition to my corbin which made long days easy. That and a throttle lock. The only thing I would do different is to sort out some sort of windshield. I don't mind wind but I think I damaged my hearing. I used the MRA streetshield which wasn't enough to get the wind up over my helmet (which I am used to on my dl1000). Oh well, it is a dirtbike. Anyway, congrats on your purchase and I love my dr. It is the perfect dualsport bike for me.