[Rick Lee]

I went shopping for a bike the day I got my license. I had wanted the 1200GS. But when I got on one at a dealer, I thought it felt like I was mounting a horse. It was waaaayyy too much bike for such a novice. They had a 1200R there too, which seemed a much better fit. I found a cherry R1150R online that night and bought it the following weekend, as it was much more in line with my budget. A few mos. later I had a chance to rent a 1200GS in Vegas and put about 220 miles on it in the desert that day. I found it to be far more manageable than I had the first time I had gotten on one. So that was my new quest. I was lucky enough to find a Craigslist buyer (obviously not On-Ramp) who bought my R1150R for $1000 more than I had paid for it. Then I snatched up a killer deal on a super clean and well-farkled 1200GS and rode it 500 miles home. I got VERY lucky in both deals and can't think of anything I'd want more now.