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advice for a potential newbie...

IMHO, grab a cheap early 2000s DRZ400. Those bikes are pretty much middle of the pack. Decent resale. They'll do it all. Ride 120 on the 401 out to the ganny and run singletrack for the day if you want. Strap some bags on it and take it on a multi day gravel road tour. It won't be the best bike for any of the situations but you'd have a hard time finding a bike that will do all of them as well.

At least after a season of ownership you'll know if you want to go lighter and more offroad oriented (ex: KTM 350exc) or heavier and more touring minded. (ex: BMW 650gs)

I agree. The DRZ is a good choice. I bought one after doing a day of single track in the ganny on a friends bike. That said I live in west of Stratford so we trailer to the ganny although I'm fully plated.

Trailers are cheap and handy. I pull mine with a toyota echo. I've even hauled goldwings on it. Probably echo abuse but whatever it works....
 

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