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Indeed. Totally agree.
As I need to manhandle the bike often (in and out the shed and such) and I have awful joints even in my 30’s, I love the low weight of enduro/dual sport. That forced me to think small, and I am don’t regret going smaller displacement.
That, and I also think that for everything but highway miles the 350cc is more than enough to get me in trouble.
A 600-ish would be great though. I’d love the experience on bigger bikes, but I’d sooner go light.
pdlouche
After riding for 22 years I still feel most relaxed on a 650cc ish bike. I think people can be a bit quick to jump on the big bikes when the smaller ones perform perfectly well. I've been fortunate to own an array of big fast bikes (RC8, BMW 1000RR, Fireblade and currently a 1299 Panigale) but my 600 Hornet was the one I love the most.