I think some have missed the point.  This article has nothing to do with the motorcycle, but has everthing to do with the adventure that you have aboard a motorcycle. The fact is you can have an awesome adventure regaurdless of your choice of bike or how much said bike cost. Reguardless of public opinion of what a adventure bike is BMW gs, KTM adv, KLR, or a Yahama R1. I do since some of the bashing of the oil head, but what isn't so true about what he says. My dad for one has a 1150 adv and the 12adv. He has delayed in his travel by having the final drive go out. His bike is $20,000 and I can see another 10,000 that you could spend on the bike especially if set up with all the techno gizmos that a lot of people like to put on their bikes.  Writers are alot like motorcycles there are different style of writers for different style of readers, I happen to like the way Greg writes, as such I have several of his books, so I may be a bit biased in my opinion. Let face it though I am a bit biased on my choice motorcycle, that is why I bought it, I think it has the best combination of features.