Hi ;

Falcon Rust wrote .....

"One thing i have noticed, like in advrider.com is that not many people of my age are interested in long distance travelling. i am 30 years young, any one else of that age? "

I am 44 years old and have started long distance travelling when i was 38.

I rode from Turkey to Jordan, St.Petersburg, Ulan-Bator, Katmandu, all the balkans and Morocco (up to Mau. border) during the last 6 years.

Planning for a trip to Poland next year.

Dreaming to ride up to SA, starting from Morocco -->SA-->Eth.

And your question, for the first time ever, made me think " I am old for such things or what?"
:)

Just joking of course ... see you around the Globe somewhere ..

Cheers,

how big are you?
 

I agree with all that's been said above, but particularly those that say that it depends on your size as much as the bike.

I'm a big bloke - 6'2" and 23 stone (that's 320lbs for the yanks). I learnt on an ER-5, but after a day on it it bored the hell out of me! While I was learning. I'm now getting a 1200GS on the recommendation of my instructor and my dad (who is massive like me!). But I am getting it second hand (£5k for a really good nick bike with all the extras) so if I munch it but it's not the end of the world - the power of the bike doesn't matter if you get hit by two tonnes of ford focus at a cross roads - you'll still end up in a bad place. If I forked out £12k for a new one and did that I'd be seriously peeved.