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Well for me, I can pick up the 150kg of the DR, but it pulls at my bad wrist if I’m not careful.
Moving forward, I might have to pay for a 100-120kg enduro bike just to save the recurring joint pains. Even grabbing the mtb out the shed at the wrong angle can tweak something, so I have to be more careful than a normie my age.
On the height topic…
A less tall but no means short lady that I am acquainted with, she found the latest CRF300L miraculously easy to get one foot down. The older 250L was just too tall, somehow. She had used a Himalayan as a stop-gap cos of the 6 month waiting list for the Honda, and a massive GS before that.
pdlouche
This was easier for me to swallow when I bought the DR for £1.5k... and more difficult after spending money on it.... and now very very difficult seeing the cost to replace it!
I've struggled with the "get a modern, lightweight, entry-level enduro, save weight" argument now that the DR is valued so much higher than it should be. I would sorely love something that is easier to pick up. But then, every time I climb on the bloody thing I remember why it was such a prized choice.