Originally Posted by durielk

I have a similar bike.... BMW X-Country. It is more like a supermoto. It has low seat height, single piston, high ground clearance. It is more like a scrambler of olden days, not really a dirt bike but can handle some offroad. It is light, looks cool.
The gearing is too tall (5 spd) & the suspension is too soft for real ST dirt riding. But it will take on any fire/gravel road you can find. It is my designated around town hauler, I got the Kawa 351 for dirt work.