Kawasaki Versys 1000 LT

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+1 on pulling off the farkles if you trade it in. Having worked at a dealership, I can confidently say the trade-in value will not change, just a little extra grousing from them, and they have already low-balled you prettty good! It will be priced at almost $7,000 when you first visit the dealership after the trade-in.

I daresay not a single person who writes the Honda 1200X "isn't fun", "can't be ridden" offroad has ever personally done so. I have. It is just a shade less off-road worthy than the mighty, and mighty expensive, BMW 1200GS. I have owned the 12GS, and currently have an 800GS. I regularly ride forest service roads and logging roads with my 65 yr-old friend on his stock (including skidplate!) 1200X. He has owned an 1150GS, 1200GS Adventure, NC700X, Suzuki DL 1000. This bike is his favorite, by far, on AND off road, and he swears he won't buy another bike without the DCT. He is impossible to keep up with. The third rider (on a water-cooled 12GS Adventure)in our group is an MSF instructors instructor as well as an off-road coach. He can't keep up either, although he is closer than I am.

The fellow with the 1200X left last week on a Seattle to Memphis trip, and back, on that bike. It's still almost stock because none of the Touratech parts are here yet. They are all in Europe.

IMHO, of course....

Each class of adventure bike has its venue; the Supers are intended for pavement or reasonable surfaces. I think people generally do whatever they want, such as [url=http://nypost.com/2016/07/25/woman-pays-ultimate-price-after-getting-out-of-car-inside-tiger-exhibit/]getting out of a car while in the middle of a drive through tiger park. It doesn't always turn out to be a good idea.

I only say this to cause some potential buyer who may think they'll "be fine" on one of these enormous boat anchors to think twice. And I have plenty enough experience off and on road to know that that the bigger they are, the harder they fall.