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Originally Posted by jordan325ic
Are you sure the DR200SE is fuel injected? To my knowledge they all have carbs.
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oops, corrected
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Originally Posted by backofbeyond
I don't want to rain on your parade (of bikes) but I'd be amazed if the DR200 (or any of the others) will cruise at 70mph. With 15bhp or thereabouts you might just about touch that on a good day flat on the tank but that's a far cry from cruising at 70. Adding luggage will knock some speed off as well. Laden, somewhere between 55 and 60mph would be around what I'd expect it to be comfortable at.
I freely admit I've not ridden any of them so my opinion is probably worthless but I've had / have enough bikes with similar specs to have some sort of feel for what 15bhp will do
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I'm 150lb and will probably have about 50lb of gear. I had a 2010 Ninja 250R and with me and about 25lb of gear I could still scream along at 90mph. 85mph was easy.
Don't know how that translates into dual sports though, if at all.
Right now I'm leaning towards the XT225. There's an aftermarket tank for 4.1 gal and it starts off as the lightest of the bunch, even lighter than the 200cc bikes.
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