Thanks for all this information....we are going to look @ the 250's. We have off road experience but limited to messing about on dirt bikes in the outback and not a great deal of it. We are not planning off road to any great extent but as you mentioned, it's going to be there and we need to have the capability to manage it (will put in some practice Km's in Aussie prior).
The DR650 we had seriously looked @ but the height is still a tad over 800 seat height  Interesting thought re the Sporty's, but feel that HD reliability is too questionable, as experienced enough issues on our around Oz trip.
Good point re the F700GS BMW and questionable fuel.....Lots to think of here.
FYI, reason we were shipping to SA is re bike set up and have family in Central America and thinking to leave bikes with and then return for another trip....even RTW eventually?
Cheers for your comments
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