Thanks for the advice! Looking forward to buying it tomorrow.
Been reading through some of the prevention and preparation tips, and came across a site of someone doing a similar route to us who had trouble with all three of his bikes (Kawasaki 650KLRs) at the same time:
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But we burned up the motors on all three motorcycles. We ended up sending them back to Santa Cruz in a truck (thus the last picture). Apparently, dust got into the motors through the air filters and ruined the pistons and rings. http://www.pbase.com/beamsclan/moto
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How common is this? Hard to believe all three of them had the same exact problem and had to cancel their trip as a result. Does this usually happen in dust storms, riding in mud, or ?? Also should we consider replacing the air filter with a premium air filter as well? Thanks all! :roll: