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Originally Posted by backofbeyond
Sounds like I'm about the same build as you - maybe a bit wider  but not much, so no human sail slowing things down and neither of my two 600cc single 50bhp dual sports will get anywhere near that. Their max comfortable cruising speed is between 70 -75mph and I'm doing well if I can ever get them over 80mph - sat normally that is.
I've just come back from six days on the German autobahns on a laden 10bhp 125 and it was a cause for celebration if I could get that over 50mph.
Have you done some miles on any of the bikes on your list? The DR sounds like a good choice what what you have in mind but I'm not sure you're going to be waving the trucks goodbye on the motorway on it
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Whoa! I had no idea that dual sports were so anemic in the top speed / cruising speed department.
Frankly, this worries me a bit. Not because I want to cruise at 70 mph the entire time, but because I want the ability to if I needed.
I've taken a couple trips down to Baja Mexico in a car and the main road (not even a highway, just a 2 lane road through the desert) has cars routinely going 70mph+. And 18-wheelers. In those instances I would like to be able to keep up with traffic.
I've never ridden any of these bikes before
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