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This is what I ended up doing. 2015 Yamaha Super Tenere 1200. Has cruise, abs, shaft drive, traction control, ride modes, and Russell Day Long custom seat. 27000 miles. These engines are extremely long lived generally. Lots of riders have run them over 100K miles. One rider has over 300,000 on his.

When I hop off the bike, I feel kinda neutral about it. There's nothing that I say I love, and there's nothing that's horrible about it.

Power is very good, comfort is very good, handling is good, agility is decent, and the brakes are so so. The front brake is good, while the back brake is weak and mushy. It takes a pretty good jab to get it to do anything, then ABS kicks in before the brakes do much slowing. The engine is unrefined and makes a lot of interesting noises. Vibration is there, but not obtrusive. The exhaust note is wonderful...when it can be heard over the mechanical sounds of the engine. On/off throttle response is very jerky in sport mode and jerky in standard mode. Wind management is excellent. Fuel economy is good. I haven't really tested the suspension, but it's going to end up being good for my needs.

Congrats on the bike, Paul, how's it working out for you?

Picked up a KTM 890 a while back and I've been very pleased with it so far:

I had a bike for a year. I didn’t like it as much I thought that I would but it was fun for a minute.

I've got quite possibly the most impractical motorcycle that any 67 year old man could have. It has a 75 mile range. The rear end is slammed so low that the shocks have virtually no movement at all,....they're like struts. The bars are too low, the pegs are too far forward, it vibrates pretty good until about 85 where it smooths out a bit. So I often find myself flirting with triple digit speeds on the interstate just to smooth it out--which makes the loose, 67 year old skin on my face fold back until I look like some type of geriatric gargoyle and blows my knees out to the side like a pair of bat wings

Actually, it's made to appeal to somebody about 25 years old. But it's a hoot to take two Aleve, fill the tank, and go beat myself up on it.

😂😂😂

No bike for the first time in many years and looking to remedy that. Last one a few years back on a Sunday ride

I never warmed up to it and have moved on. When I finally got it out in less than calm conditions, it was HORRIBLE in gusty winds, particularly in cross winds. I also had a fork seal leak that I paid $800 to have repaired. It started leaking again. Took it back to the shop. They said they "think they got it fixed." I traded it in. Talk about a radical change in direction.

$800 for a fork seal...ouch. I've always done them myself but couldn't imagine they would charge that. I've known a few folks who have gone the larger scooter route and rave about the comfort and practicality. The KTM is my most street-oriented bike but I still want the ability to hit dirtier stuff when I see a new road and wonder where it goes.

It's very labor intensive. You have to have a special stand and remove the entire triple tree and a lot of other stuff.

Wow. Nice bikes! I don't know how I missed this! Here are mine. I do ride both daily (weather permitting). I am a dinosaur 1984 Shovelhead FXEF Fatbob SuperGlide and 1992 Evo FXSTC Softail Custom.

I like the Shovelhead!

01 Wide Glide

Geebers. Look at that low gear!

No derailleur gotta pick your poison!