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Right bike for a female rider traveling in South America!
Hi,
I´m going to South America for a bike trip. I have a BMW 650 F from 1999 with carburetor which we used (the 2 of us) for our trip in West Africa. It was a great bike to carry the 2 of us with a lot of our stuff. BUT, it was too heavy and tall for me (I´m 1.65). Then I had another trip to Pakistan & Iran with another person on a simple Kawa KLE 250. It was great although not too fast. I´m just afraid that it would not be able to put up with riding to fast for long hours.
This time I´m looking for a bike for myself which should be lower and LIGHTER than the BMW650 but also reliable and FAST when you are on tarmac. I was thinking between Yamaha XT650, carburetor (I have to lower the bike) or a BMW 650 xcountry with injection. The latter is light and low but I´m a bit afraid of not being able to fix it in SA if there are any problems.
I would appreciate any other suggestions and if the x country would be a good choice or the most fetal error I would ever have made! What about a KLR 650?
Thanks a lot.
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