Definately tempted, i come back from Germany on Saturday (Oktoberfest) morning so i'll have to see how broken i am before i make the ride up there.
sounds like you're right though, best way for me to get any real appreciation of them is to actually hear them up close
that being said, if i am too knackered (read:drunk) to ride up saturday morning i might see about either swinging up in the evening or intercepting one of you guys as you journey back down south if the timings work out right (and you're cool with that).
being a reasonably new rider i'd like to find a sound that is deep (not necessarily loud) but doesn't necessarily make people focus on me so much that my amature wobbling around corner becomes too big a source of fun

(which sounds to me like somewhere around the TORS and the SS)
i'd mess with the baffles, but i'm wanting slash cuts anyway and for now time isn't too available.
cheers guys!