Big and heavy bike for RTW
Hi all,
Looking a new bike for trip from Europe to Nepal (through Pamir highway and all other tourist spots). Everyone mentions that the advantage would be a motorcycle as light as possible. But it will be a problem if I go with heavy adventure bike? Which I prefer and will be useful for Euro trips.
My choices: - BMW R1200 GSA oil cooled (81kW);
- BMW F800 GSA;
- Yamaha Super Tenere 1200;
- Honda CRF1000/1100 or old one;
- also considering about the Tenere 700;
One more thing. Are the frames of all +- 6 year old motorcycles coated with water-based paint? I saw a few post of owners in the Honda Africa twin group whose frame was affected by corrosion. Adding a photo.
Thanks for the replays. And sorry for my English, it is not my primary language.
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