I'm with Sal on the Concours. A friend just got one and when I get a chance, will put some miles on it to see if it sits anywhere near as comfortable as the BA. If it does, the 7.5 gallon tank is the best feature for me, but the shaft, hardbags, water cooled 1000cc HP and torque and relatively cheap initial outlay is hard to beat. It'll carry loads of weight at hwy speeds, and will certainly carve the canyon roads with the best of them... sport tourers, not full-on sport bikes... although he does say when taking the twisties home from work it's less work to go faster than on his Ninja.
Seven and a half gallons! Man, that's a serious cross country touring machine! I'm looking at getting a 3 gallon aux tank to keep up.
