If you are planning a trip cross country then contact the manufactures and seek a sponsor….The object would be to get from location to location and in that service center to service center. In the hinter land some of the aforementioned bikes will be tantamount to foreign objects, they will not have parts for them.
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Guess you could say choose your tool and keep your passion in your pants.