Off road "experts" advices request please for a new adventure bike selection
Hi Everybody !
As it is my first post on this forum, a short introduction :
name : Yassine
City: Brussels (Belgium)
29 years old.
Education : Automation engineer & Business management.
Hobbies : Is that really a question in this forum ? :-D
My situation :
I learned riding when I was 12 on a small KX80 off road. ( Too much fun with that bike ! ) I used it for several year on real off road days.
Afterwards, I got only on road bikes. Actually I ride a Triumph Street Triple R ABS.( 2013)
My objective :
In a few months, I will sell it to by an adventure bike. The objective is to make a RTW trip with it and keep it afterwards. (beparture expected by the end of next year)
My problem :
I am 1m 71cm only.
The question :
Do I need to be able to put completely flat me two feets to be able to travel in a confortable way on "dirt road". I know that with a bike of more that 200kg with all the stuff and me on it that i will not jump on fully off road area, and that is not my objective off course. But what about " adventure riding" on asian and north african dirt roads.
I know that of course that will also depends on my "skills". SO what ever the bike, I will take it for some off road for training.
I need first to answer to that question before to start selecting a motorcycle.
( Please excuse me if I did any mistake in my english)
Thank you in advance for your advices guys!
Yass
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