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Old 22-01-16, 18:07
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Originally Posted by andys View Post
I cannot agree completely here. Handling ~200kg bike by person much below 100kg may not be easy or even possible when riding alone offroad. Tenere is tall bike, most of riders are taller then regular so adding some muscles to will get you willy-nilly near 100kg range.
Not sure I agree with you on that. The late, great Gaston Rahier managed to win the Paris Dakar twice on a 230Kg (wet) BMW and he was 1.6m tall and weighed in at 65Kg; the bike was three and a half times his body weight!


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