I've had my SM610 for almost a year now. I was inspired by Woodschick using her SM610 off-road and thought I'd follow suit. I had plans of running knobbies and using it as my dual-sport. Now that I've got some miles on it, reality has sunk in. It's simply too much for me to handle offroad, except on the very smoothest of dirt fire roads. Woodschick is clearly a much better rider than me. Anyway...long story short, I had sold my Honda 230, and the Husky was my only bike. It did not take long for me to really, really miss riding off-road. My husband still had his 230, and he gave me his blessing to buy a new bike! I would have considered a TE250, or even something along the lines of a KTM105 or 144, but for the type of riding we do, a true 50/50 low-maintenance plated dual-sport made more sense. So I picked up a new KLX250S. It's lighter than the 610, and really feels like a feather in comparison. Although I'm still breaking it in, I have much more confidence on it. I even did some hillclimbs on it already that were steeper than anything I've ever ridden up! Of course the power can't even compare to the mighty 610, but I think I'm really going to enjoy this little bike. I'm going on a trip at the end of this month on the Husky. Hopefully it will be worthy of a ride report! Here's the Husky on a previous trip to Death Valley:
