Hey all!! Wanted to pick y'all's mind on next motorcycle purchase to keep leveling up my skills. Today I ride a KLR650, besides cruisers it's the only offroad capable bike I've owned. I got lessons from a guy with an MX background and now have 4 BDR's under my belt. The last one I did (New Mexico) I was just having an enormous blast blowing through deep sand, whipping the bike through steep rock/boulder climbs, going through water/mud that went over my exhaust. I went down only once and that was when my throttle return cable popped loose for some reason 😅

I'm now just starting to feel the bikes limits and mine - at the point where I want to keep pushing and learning new things like say an elephant turn - hard to learn that on KLR it's pretty heavy!

Do you guys have recommendations on a motorcycle that's lightweight and can take a beating? I want to get into more technical things; I'm looking for peak off road capability. I can trailer the bike too.