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I hear you Mike, I made the same decision as you. I loved my GS, and when I worked in the same town I lived, it was the perfect bike. I would ride it on trails, and it was a great bike. Then I took a job with the same company, but 50 miles south on I-25 (a pretty busy interstate with a 75 mph speed limit), and for the life of me, just couldn't find a windshield that prevented my head from moving all over the place. It doesn't help I am 6-4, so I bought a dirt bike for the trails, and an 06 FLHT, Electra Glide. I looked at some of the bigger BMW's, but just decided to try something else. The 96" and 6 speeds were out, but since this was the prior years model, I got it for a vastly cheaper price.
I can keep the visor up on my Arai full face, and don't even feel the wind.
I have gone on a number of longer rides on it, and am thinking about doing a 1,000 miler to Iowa this summer by myself.
Another nice thing, is you can go to the dealer and ride one, find out if you like it. BMW, Ducati and HD are some of the few that let you ride the new ones.
Hope this helped.
Bill
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