If you're idea of fun is going slow on a street bike on a rutted dirt road, great. But on a big bore dual sport your could absolutely thrash that road. Going to far off places for a campsite or just for adventure is one thing, but claiming that the bike is at all capable or that riding an FZ6...
Seeing all this for the first time now......man oh man
Now that you have sampled what broken ribs feel like, you are officially ready to start riding dirt :) talk soon, my man.
Bought a pair of held phantoms 6 years ago for $200 shipped. Finally replaced them a couple weeks ago as they are yellowed and have holes in two of the fingers (finger print area). I crashed in them a few times on my supermotard (track and parking lot) this winter and they took a beating, but no...
I can't believe you are even considering not jumping on this.
You are skilled, right? Tons of opportunities for well educated/skilled people like yourself. Cali has one of the largest econcomies in wht world, you just have to know how to take advantage of it, and many do...it's not that hard...