New to TW's and this forum. Other bike is a 2012 Vstrom 650, have had several street bikes, never ridden dirt, but I've long wanted a TW to give some easy off road stuff a try. Picked up a 2001, 90 miles from home a couple months ago, so I'm still riding it on the asphalt, and getting to know it a bit, hopefully when our weather in So Oregon dries and warms a bit, I'll get more....adventurous. Saw this url on the other TW200 forum, tons of knowledge there, probably here too. Byron