soon as this old thread has been revived. k1300s is the new beemer. This spring I'm defiantly going to make the effort to try this baby @ BMW demo day. as jbblunck said very similar lines felt right at home sitting on one @ recent bike show i don't think I'm ready to blow that kinda cash on one so Viffer will be around for awhile.still need to plan ahead ya never know the way Honda's going 6th gen might be around for another 5yrs, shouldn't be hard to come up with 5 more colors LOL