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I guess my experience is seeing people trying to use them on “easy” green lanes and struggling, and then trying to ride them long distance and struggling.
Totally with you, they are a love-to-hate bike and I was sorely tempted to own one before realising the DR350 was a better platform for me at the time. With prices now, if you’re doing commuting and rare gravel there’s almost nothing else in class.
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I know what you mean. Standard tyres are the biggest problem when you start going off road on them and it gets even moderately muddy. They do off road well in standard trim, I ride with a big group who have them and they have all sorts of mods such as lift kits and none of the upgrades are hard or expensive to do. You don't really need to though, apart from a decent sump guard.
I got rid of mine and went for a DR200 but if I had the money I would have kept it as the Himalayan was a better all rounder and I do miss it to be fair.
Tom13
Mate they are brilliant bikes. I can't say enough good things about them. They are cheap reliable go anywhere bikes. Parts are cheap, and so easy to repair. Yeah 5-10bhp would go amiss but it's not the end of the world.
People love to hate them. Yeah they can't compare to a T7 for example but they aren't in the same price bracket.