May be if you ride the euro trash as a "weekend warrior", and never hit the rev limiter, they are just fine and last forever. But ridden them in the amateur and pro motocross circuit like my 2 kids have and wrenching them for over 10 years, from 80cc, 125cc, and 250 Fs,  from KTM, TM, Kawis, Yamahas, and for the past 6 years Hondas. I can tell you that the jap stuff was superior specially Hondas, right out of the box. The eurocrap was unreliable and parts sometimes unavailable, may be KTM is gotten better but not when we were racing. Hell, I saw more championships ruined because of KTMs breaking, only the factory suported riders doing OK. BTW, as a consulting engineer I own a company,  and can buy whatever bike I want.  May be you should save your pennies to keep running your eurotrash, you will definitely need the money. Unless off course you are a "weekend warrior", then you can just play your guitar and pass gas.

May be if you ride the euro trash as a "weekend warrior", and never hit the rev limiter, they are just fine and last forever. But ridden them in the amateur and pro motocross circuit like my 2 kids have and wrenching them for over 10 years, from 80cc, 125cc, and 250 Fs,  from KTM, TM, Kawis, Yamahas, and for the past 6 years Hondas. I can tell you that the jap stuff was superior specially Hondas, right out of the box. The eurocrap was unreliable and parts sometimes unavailable, may be KTM is gotten better but not when we were racing. Hell, I saw more championships ruined because of KTMs breaking, only the factory suported riders doing OK. BTW, as a consulting engineer I own a company,  and can buy whatever bike I want.  May be you should save your pennies to keep running your eurotrash, you will definitely need the money. Unless off course you are a "weekend warrior", then you can just play your guitar and pass gas.

Hello everyone, just joined figured I'd say hello. But I have a question, I know there're other posts about this, but none that fully answer my question. So I'm looking at purchasing a dual sport, although I'm torn between the Kawasaki klr 650, and the Suzuki dr-z400, I've read that the klr is better on the highway, and the drz is better offroad. This is my first motorcycle (although I have experience with dirtbikes) and I don't know if 650 would be to big for a starter bike, but at the same time I'm 6' 7" 300lbs and I don't know if the drz 400 would be big enough frame wise, I've heard they are more suited for small-normal sized riders. It would mostly be used for commuting, around town, and offroad on the weekends. So what does everyone thing would be the better first bike?