What's a good touring bike the 450cc range? Any ideas?
Here is what I am looking for....
- Enough power to carry a pillion and gear
- Able to cruise for long periods at speeds around 110kph
- Something I can buy new or fairly new (Would prefer not to buy something that went out of production a long time ago)
- Something that gets good gas consumption
- Something that performs well offroad
I have plenty of experience touring but always on bikes no other overlander would touch. I've never felt the need for a big bike...I'm not into speed and thrills, I like to take it easy, but also need a bike I can take on the highway when I want to reach the Pyrenees in less that 3 hours.
I was thinking a good dualsport bike, like a Honda CRF450
Or even something a bit bigger like a Suzuki DR650.
The problem is, they dont sell any of these kind of bikes in Spain. Not sure why. But it seems these type of bikes are hard to find in Europe
Any ideas of a bike I can buy in Europe that would fit my needs and I could buy a relatively new model?
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