Since a few years I ride a motorcycle to work every day. It started with a 125cc Vespa as it didn't require me to take additional exams, but after a while I swapped it for a 1990 Honda XL600V Transalp. An ideal starter bike! I really loved it, but the lack of ABS and my all-year riding was not a safe combination. I never crashed or dropped it, but I had a few "almost" moments. Since I'm now responsible for my offspring I decided to treat me with a modern bike.
Last year I started looking at bikes in the 600~900cc range, but there were not much that compelled to me. As I wanted some weather protection all nakes bikes (like a Triumph Truxton) were written off immediately. Narrowing it down to a sportstourer I ended up buying a 2013 BMW F800GT. I've done about 13.000 km with it over the last 15 months and I'm quite happy with it. Although I can't stop looking at a possible successor. Also, I do miss the sound of my Transalp. The parallel twin engine of the F800GT just doesn't sound as nice as a simple V-Twin with a cracked exhaust

A few weeks ago I saw the new 2014 Honda VFR800F and I must say that I'm a bit sad that it didn't came out a year earlier. I would swap my bike in a minute...
Any other bikers around?
- Niels