My buddy is the defacto general manager of a Yamaha dealer and we bought her XT from him directly at a steal.  He has me strongly considering the WR over the KTM.  Damn him!!!!!  lol

I do have a WR and have put a few (*though not a lot) of miles on it.  The WR might just define what a true dirt focused "Dual Sport" is really about. Dead reliable, fully street legal in 50 states (*a big deal for Cali).

That is, all 300# and 24 horsepower of it! 

It's not the most exciting bike in the world but it will get you where you need to go every time.

The weight is the big issue for me.  My KLR was a good bike, but it was over 400 pounds.  The G650X is a lot more powerful and around 330-340.  Problem is it wants to go 100mph ALL THE TIME!  lol  With her now doing off road on her XT, I'm not barreling through the woods anymore.  Plus, the G650X seems more western USA oriented.  We just don't have the open areas in the Northeast.  Less weight and not so high strung are definite pluses.  I was liking the KTM 350 as it's still killer fast, but that just takes me back to where I started with the BMW.  She likes the fact the WR is about $3k cheaper.

This should be an interesting summer in Michigan.  More and more of us are going to the dirty side. 

Yup, I took a trip over there today and picked it up.  It seems to be all there, and I think I got a decent deal.


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I miss my KLR for what it was. 

I think I have a disease....
I just "spoke" for a TTR125 for my boy via Craigslist.
I don't have time to see it until Wednesday, but the current owner claims he'll hold it for me until then.

I had a TT-R225.  Solid bike.  My daughters have long outgrown the PW80.  That needs to go.

Very nice!   

I soooo need to sell the PW and get a 125.  Ideally a KLX140L would find it's way to the garage, but I don't want to spend that kind of money if I'm looking to add a new WR250R at some point.  Selling the G650X will help offset that somewhat, but I still want to stay at the lower end for a sometimes bike.