I drove a VF750 Honda Saber as my only transportation for two years, had the bike for 7, My nephew "borrowed it" and let it slide into a brick wall(he had never ridden a shaft drive bike). I keep wanting another one, I would like to build a Harley(xr style) just to show every one that its not that hard to do(unlike the TV idiots make it seem). Keep catching myself looking at Ducati's(they break down enough to keep me safe, but I love the new hyper motards). But with two kids and a wife(and enough health issues in the family for ten families), I have to keep looking the other way and appling myself to boats. BTW, WIlly, the gs1100 is one of my favorites also, allways wanted the G model. My brother in law is big into Harleys, he's got a Fat Boy thats tricked out. About two months ago, he was riding with a group, turned the corner and saw his best friend going head over heels in a cloud of dust. His wife is a RN, they tried CPR, but it was a done deal. They still don't know what happened, they know he got together with another bike(that guy was still in and out of the hospital last I heard), but no one really knows. The guy had years of experiance riding, he was sober, no other influences, I guess its was just his time, who knows? He left behind a wife and two kids. It just hit a little too close to home for me. I'll have to pass on the two wheels and stick to boats.