St. George to Oregon...to Alaska?

[pdedse]

Sounds like a dream honestly.

I have been leaning towards an ADV bike myself.

I did some mods to the CB to make Moto camping easier but I can't add much fuel capacity, long distance comfort, or suspension travel by much lol.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

They are very practical bikes. Which ones interest you most? I have a Suzuki DR650 that will see a lot of eastern Oregon, but it's not in the same league as the GS1200 on the hiway.

Sounds like a dream honestly.

I have been leaning towards an ADV bike myself.

I did some mods to the CB to make Moto camping easier but I can't add much fuel capacity, long distance comfort, or suspension travel by much lol.

2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca

Most of the interesting places to camp in my area involve forest service roads and then offshoots of those, and I wouldn't want to force that on the CB1100. It could handle some punishment, but it's not how I want to treat it. Better the DR650 for those camping outings.

Some lovely shots in there, pdedse. Do you like the BMW?

I love it as a "borrowed bike"! It's heavy, but it gobbles up the hiway with ease. The ergos are nice, the seat is good. My friend has it set up perfectly for carrying stuff for extended trips. I know I'd be more comfortable riding some of the hilly off-road stuff that it's in central / eastern Oregon on the DR650. The 1200 is an impressive machine, and passing power is unbelievable. On some of the lonely stretches of Nevada, it hit 110 in a blink of an eye and didn't feel stressed.

Now would I buy one? At 22k? No. It's just too rich for me and the service and repair prices as well. What I love aobut my DR650--or the KLR650 I had for 15 years--is that I never had or have to to take it in to a shop because they're so easy to work on.