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Originally Posted by Omie
On most of mountain roads in the subcontinent weight of the motorcycle is a big liability. The roads are not well maintained making heavy bikes prone to slipping and difficult to handle. With my experience I feel light, power packed 2 strokes are the best. My personal favorite is old restored Kawasaki KE175.
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I agree 100% with you: light is better, but I have a Harley and I ride what I own.
Road King (mine was made a little lighter, by taking away unuseful optionals), is certainly heavy but has big power at a very low RPM, which is good. I have always used this big motorbike for hard performances, also for climbing on the Assekrem, 3000 metres tall mountain, in the center of Sahara, in Algeria, and I have to say that it worked very well.
Obviously I cannot keep high speed average like an enduro, but this is not the way of riding "overland style" is'nt it? I enjoy the view and take my time.
I confess I have dreamed to ride the F800GS BMW of my friend many times in this trip. But at the end, the bike that broke, was not my harley....  )))
Thanks
bye
roberto
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