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Help me pick a sport tourer

Did anybody ask the OP to define "dirt"?

Any motorcycle is fine on a semi-groomed fire road / dirt road. I've taken my 1290 SDGT down dirt / gravel roads just fine, but I chalk that up to KTM DNA.
Rutted jeep roads / two track, maybe not - or, if you're going slow enough.
There is no perfect "do all" motorcycle that's really going to be "sport" in sport tourer, when something like a Ninja H2X with bags can be considered a "sport tourer". Adventure tourer?

My suggestion is a 2010-2011 Multistrada S with the good Ohlins suspension, $8k is possible in that range. It'll do offroad with something like a Michelin Pilot road 4-5 tire just fine. Jumps? Ruts / enduro? Yeah, no, but it'll be a great sport tourer for the 90%.
 
NoobCorpse said:
Did anybody ask the OP to define "dirt"?

Any motorcycle is fine on a semi-groomed fire road / dirt road. I've taken my 1290 SDGT down dirt / gravel roads just fine, but I chalk that up to KTM DNA.
Rutted jeep roads / two track, maybe not - or, if you're going slow enough.
There is no perfect "do all" motorcycle that's really going to be "sport" in sport tourer, when something like a Ninja H2X with bags can be considered a "sport tourer". Adventure tourer?

My suggestion is a 2010-2011 Multistrada S with the good Ohlins suspension, $8k is possible in that range. It'll do offroad with something like a Michelin Pilot road 4-5 tire just fine. Jumps? Ruts / enduro? Yeah, no, but it'll be a great sport tourer for the 90%.
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Yeah this is precisely what I'm looking into right now. It seems like 2012-2014's can be had for around my budget with reasonable miles. As I said earlier, the 10% dirt that I do is at worst gentle fire roads and usually just dirt main ones (think bald hills). I think it's the right bike for the job - just none of my old timer friends ride them, all GS's, so leery as to why.
 
zammer said:
Yeah this is precisely what I'm looking into right now. It seems like 2012-2014's can be had for around my budget with reasonable miles. As I said earlier, the 10% dirt that I do is at worst gentle fire roads and usually just dirt main ones (think bald hills). I think it's the right bike for the job - just none of my old timer friends ride them, all GS's, so leery as to why.
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The GS seems to be fairly reliable, mine has 150k mi on the clock, and no mayor repairs.
 
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