Dual sport bike how about this?

[70 marlin]

Looking at a bike to run dirt roads and some high way back and forth to work 30 mile, how about this? 1988 BMW R100GS

 

[3TV]

Looks like a big heavy street bike, that has trail tires on it. Did you end up getting it? Why not get something more dirt capable, then you can use it for more than just gravel roads. Here's what I use to ride back and forth to work every day, and for back country exploring in the southwest mountains. I had been driving my crew cab dually diesel as a daily driver, but it only gets 10 mpg, and diesel cost $4.09 a gallon where I live. Last week it took 1.9 gallons of gas to fill up the KTM after 130 miles of street driving (slow speed side streets to work and back). It would have taken 13 gallons of diesel to go the same distance. So that means in one week alone I saved $46.92 in fuel cost. Thats almost $200 a month that I don't have to spend on diesel fuel, and the bike is a whole lot more fun than that diesel pickup truck is.