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You know what hurts my back? 700 mile road days on an uncomfortable bike. Maybe the Super 10 is comfortable enough on the road that when you do drop it, you're feeling nicely relaxed and have plenty of strength left for lifting?
My point being, I read a lot about how horrible it is to pick up 500lbs bikes, but not much about how uncomfortable it is riding for 700 miles on a 350lbs bike.
I'm still working on the theory that it depends what the balance is on your trip. How many hours are going to be spent on a muddy trail? If it's a daily occurrence, then yes a light bike makes sense to me. But if it's 10 minutes out of a month long trip, maybe I'm prepared to hate my life for 10 minutes in return for 30 days of comfort?
It's horses for courses isn't it? 700 mile road days? Get a Super 10. Sahara desert? Get something a lot lighter.
100% road - An R1200RT, Goldwing, something like that.
90% road - An R1200GS, Super 10, something like that.
70% road - A KLR650, something like that.
50% road - a 250cc single...
I still haven't read anything that has convinced me that's a crazy way of looking at it.
Last edited by anotherbiker; 18 Dec 2015 at 05:01.
Reason: Thought of other stuff to say...
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