I must be a silly bastard cause I thought the MS was too comfortable so I went with the 1198 instead. I have my 6th gen VFR for comfort. Though the MS is more practical than the 1198, its not nearly as sexy. Once again, I have the VFR for practical. Although in the past, I have only bought Honda's, I have wanted a Ducati pretty much my entire life. Still I waited to see what performance modifications Honda was going to make on 7th generation VFR1200. Had they tapered off the touring aspects and went with a sportier version of the 6th generation, I'm sure I would have had one on order by now. However this was not the case, in fact they did the opposite. These days I am fortunate that my time is more valuable than money otherwise I would have performed in-depth, and extensive modifications to the VFR, as many here on VFRW have done. (NCB) Instead I brought home a pure race machine right out of the box. Forgive my lack of humbleness but I can ride the piss out of my VFR, most of the time out-riding her. Those of you that have seen my bike know that she has out-riden me a few times. I won't even attempt to out-ride the 1198. Probably never will...