Sometimes a rider wants some dirt with their street, or vice versa. No bikes are better for the task than the three large thumpers in our 2008 Dual-Sport Comparo.The Dilemma Ever have one of those days when you just can't make up your mind? Pizza or burgers, beer or wine, blonde or brunette - you get…

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…have plenty of bodywork to run interference, but the DR carries on Suzuki's tradition of rock-hard seats.The last time B. Madson tested a Suzuki dual-sport he crashed the beans out of a DR200. He was still willing to take the 650 into more off-road than he was with Kawasaki's beast.It has more zip to…

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…first option for the TAT rider is to go light and fast, and trailer a 250-550cc dual-sport to the start of the TAT in Tennessee, and then run with a support crew, or eliminate camping all together. Most lighter dual-sports cannot run the TAT self-supported. The advantage of a lighter moto is that all…

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…style of the 2007 BMW G 650 Xcountry took top honors.Until this test, I had never ridden a proper dual-sport bike and I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty impressed. I would never have thought that dual-sports can actually perform so well on the street yet still get it on, when the pavement ends. The three…

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The 2008 Suzuki DR-Z400S is one of the most popular middle-weight dual-sports and one of the main reaons Suzuki sponsored the?AMA National Dual Sport Trail Ride Series.?King of the Understated.?Suzuki is one of those companies where conforming to the latest hype isn?t necessarily held in top priority…

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…four-wheeled vehicles. And at $4899, this dual-sport offers a smile-per-dollar ratio that's pretty damn hard to beat.Let us know what you think about this article in the MotoUSA Forum. Photo Gallery Recent Dirt Bike Motorcycle ReviewsOther?Kawasaki Reviews Dealer LocatorRelated Articles 2008 Kawasaki…

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Yamaha took a long, hard look at the dual-sport market before diving in and it seems like it found the right spot to take the plunge with the all-new WR250R and 250X. The front end is keeping its act together as I enter the biggest set of whoops yet - something I hope continues. The speedo is fluttering…

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…dual-sport kit for their favorite 4-stroker, install it, get their plate from the local DMV, and are set to rock. Wiseco's Jay Clark used reverse psychology to attack the dual-purpose situation, building one of the trickest dual-sports we have ever seen. He took Suzuki's already street-legal dual-sport…

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…somewhat tricky to maneuver."Surprisingly, in the really slow, tight stuff, the XR feels the biggest," comments our second guest tester and now dual-sport enthusiast Justin Frye. "The XR's weight seems to be carried really high. The bike feels really top-heavy."Another dirt complaint was the unusually…

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…away from their predecessors. We've already reported on the most serious street machine of the three, the Xmoto, but well-funded off-roaders and dual-sport riders will take a higher interest in the Xchallenge and Xcountry. The Xchallenge is by far the more off-road worthy of the two machines. Extra suspension…

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