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Glad you got what you wanted in the end!
Me too, although did go to the local Honda dealer and look around a CRF300L so feel better for considering this as an option. After having now ridden on the rough stuff, for a whole 30 mins, I see why aggressive tyres and less weight are your friends. Can't imagine navigating the local lanes on a GS/Africa Twin. My bike it relatively light, but being so tall it kind of works against you when you have to lift it up I imagine!
jambon-
Look up on Youtube:
Bret Tkacs
Brake Magazine
FortnineRyan F9 is more like RevZilla, you’ll enjoy the informative but general stuff that will be mostly what you know already. But F9 has a bunch of dirt-focused vids.
Bret Tkacs and Llewelyn Pavey (Brake) are both Adv bike focused. However I find it great to know what to do by big-bike standards. Just cos it’s half the weight, doesn’t mean you should lift it wrong.
pdlouche
Yea I am not sure how it’s been set up but it will be way more exciting than most dual sports, and you will likely embarrass the two smoke crowd. Glad you got what you wanted in the end!
Hopefully you’ll quickly accept that road miles will be awful and a compromise, and from that you’ll just go as aggressive as possible on tyres!
Just… like… enduro boots and knee armour…
This is a little over a week on from the slam. Muscle isn’t swollen and I was walking a lot, but the bruising goes from foot up back of the knee. Okay it was 30mph, and okay it was on chalk on a DR… but even half the speed without a rigid boot would have been catastrophic.