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I own a BMW K1200LT and we have a great site devoted to that bike. I am glad to see the tiger has a great site also to get information from. The Tiger is top on my shopping list followed by the VSTROM 650 or 1000. I recently sold my KLR650 and it was a great bike but needed a little more on top when needing to get from point A to B. I am ready to move up to a bigger dual sport that is more highway capable than the KLR was but not giving away too much offroad. I enjoy downloading area maps into the GPS and exploring. The BMW R1200GS and KTM Adventure is out of consideration financially as in the Caponorde. Plus there is no Aprilla dealer anywhere near me. I do however question the 3 bikes as to there offroad prowess. All the mags indicate that dirt roads are fine but that is the extent of their
capabilities. I never do any really rough stuff but I do truly ride my dual sport about 40% of the time off road. In Summer of 2007 me and a couple of buddies are going to ride to Alaska via the Alcan to Prudoe Bay and my choosen dual sport will have to be able to handle that ride. The biggest concern I see is the lack of crash guards for the under side of these bikes. The exhuast collector on the tiger still seems very vunerable after guards from twisted throttle and/or touratech would be installed. On the VSTROM seems the same thing as the oil cooler is still there begging to be smashed. SO with all that said any of you folks feel free to speak now about your knowledge of offroading on these bikes. Thanks in advance and good to be a member here too P.S. can the stator on a Tiger handle Gerbing Jacket liner, gloves, socks, and heated grips???
[ This message was edited by: onesaintsfan on 2005-11-10 01:05 ]
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