What to buy?

[milton]

We plan to make a long distance ride next year. Lanzhou to the west, 600 km along the south of Gobi desert, crossing the mountains to the Qinghai Plateau, riding down Gansu Province to north Yunan and back to Lanzhou. 2800 km, 10 days. Rough road condition, long time sitting on the bike. Thomas has now his 1200 GS and I need something lighter but not weak.

Your trip plan overlaps quite a bit with what Motokai and I did last July. Both of us were on JH600. Our jialings performed amicably without breaking a sweat on highly varied road conditions in that part of the country, including expressways. The trip lasted over 5000 km in 17 days. The Jialing has more than proven itself.

The link:
http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/sh...sha-to-Ürümqi)

By the way, you don't want to miss Qilianshan right along the Gansu and Qinghai boarder for your trip.