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There’s More Than One Way to Build a Lightweight Tourer (http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/comparisons/Factory_or_DIY/)You run into two types of homeowners at your local Home Depot. One is the guy responding to his significant other's request for a nice garden shed. Find him at the prefab structures aisle comparing costs, pacing off the floor plan, and wondering how he'll get it all down the driveway. The other guy is wheeling that precarious flat cart around like a contractor on a deadline. He has the bags of cement, a pile of two-by-fours, nails, straps, and roofing supplies. His project will take a few weeks, it's true, but it'll be exactly what he wants. Same deal for motorcyclists hankering for a lightweight sporty touring bike. Do you run over to your BMW dealer and plop down for one of the new F800GTs, a bike thoroughly developed and fully equipped for this ST application? Or do you come at it from another angle, perhaps with a bike you already own? People will sell you hard luggage and tall windscreens all day long.

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