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Originally Posted by CoffeeGuy
For me, the 11 is perfect as my wife and I use it to tour for long streches.
The 12 is a superior machine by most measurable standards, but wouldn't fit our needs. As ckcarr mentioned- IMO the 11 is better looking.
If your looking to do just one thing- get some good suspension.
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...and go scare up the shorter, 365mm GS torque arm. It's hard to be certain looking at your photos, but you appear to have the longer one. From the sounds of it you don't get to ride much in the way of twisties, so I don't think you'll get much value from spending a LOT of dough on handling stuff, but EVERY 10 year old bike benefits greatly from suspension upgrades. Our moderator Roger sells Ohlins and is an expert. That's a great place to start.
Maybe luggage for touring?
I'm a big fan of the BoosterPlug to smooth out the low-speed throttle response and surging. Another big contributor here is Robert Foster aka Boxercup, and he sells another version called the FRK. These are temperature sensor spoofers that richen the mixture at small throttle openings, to good effect on my bike. Cheap mod either way, relatively speaking.
I did a similar project to yours, BTW, just last year.
Spruce-up of a 2001 1100S Light
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