After having got hold of some new Trek 6500's to replace our Racelines which are now pounding the bitumen in Italy, I traded my Suzuki DR650K7 in at Procycles at Hornsby on a new V-Strom Suzuki DL650 at the end of October. It came with a Ventura rack onto which I sit my Gearsack bag - I find the Ventura ones oddly shaped and leaky.
I also got a centre stand and handguards fitted at pickup - pretty expensive OEM bits with about $450 for the stand and over $200 for the guards!
It is a dream to ride - very smooth and solid handling. I am little concerned that the speedo is a bit optimistic eg. it reads fast and the odometer is inaccurate to the tune of about 2 kms in every hundred!
I took it back to Procycles for its first service ($291.00) for what was basically an oil and filter change - I could probably do it myself next time.
I have just today ordered some Hepco & Becker panniers today from www.motorcycleadventure.com.au - about $1079 delivered. I looked into the Caribou cases but they have no dealer in Australia unfortunately. They looked very good - check them at www.cariboucases.com - but at the current exchange rate they would have cost about $1600 and take a few weeks.
I will post some pictures once I get the panniers and start to fit them.
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