+1 on everything said. I bought mine this year, 2007 with 6k klms on it, next to brand new, paid less then 1/2 the retail to boot. Love the clamshell tank, the dual front rotors, carbs i can "work" on, the sound of my BUBS! the accessories i can buy for it, heck i can change the bike up every other month and make it look different in no time at all, so why spend 12k plus to start all over? Naaa, i will just keep this one till it drops dead..... now a newer used thruxton to park beside it....... it could happen.