The Dakar is a great all around motor bike. I´ve ride my Dakar on muddy, rocky single track motorcross trials in New England, through streams and muddy bogs, around town, on thousand mile tours, and over 100 mph on the highway. I´ve also have the bike in a Rally, and about to enter my second. Maybe instead of dual sport we should refer to it as quadriple sport. The HP2 is calling out for me recently, but I can not part with my Dakar, so I´m waiting until I can make another purchase without the trade-in of my chrerished Dakar.