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I am starting to seriously think about ditching my VFR and picking up a dual sport.
I bought the VFR to go far from home but circumstances have stopped me from doing so... and riding twisties at 6/10 is no longer as much fun as it used to.
On top of that the scheduled maintenance for the rest of the year is going to be 1/4 of a new dual sport or 1/2 of a used one most likely.
KLR650 sounds popular - this one has the best balance of street and trail?
Is there an article/webpage on getting the offroad bikes titled for the street?
What I would like to see is Honda release an updated XR650L based on the current XR650R.... sounds like with any of the Hondas the street fuel range is sacrificed unless you get an aftermarket gas tank?
I think I am willing to sacrifice a lot of the travel ability to get decent offroad capability. At this point the idea of a bike that makes street riding challenging instead of a super-easy snooze is somewhat appealing.
If I sell the VFR even most new stuff is going to be a very easy and painless purchase so I'm not necessarily looking to scrape the barrel but if it's pointless to spend money cheap is sweet of course.
Also after the VFR maintenance is key... ideally something I would be comfortable tearing into to do the valve job myself, etc..
Still just looking but the idea has been kicking around for 6 months or so... it's either do this or buy a track bike.