the V-Strom is a pretty tempting do it all ride, you get a lot for the money. Have you ridden one? Had a 950 adventure, and the strom seemed pretty much like a more road oriented version of it...Unfortunately was in an accident this past October on my triumph, was out of work for about 7 weeks, gained some hardware in my left leg. Driver heading towards me made a left hand turn across my lane, I decided hitting a car head on wasn't an option so i luckily missed him, but went down. Still dealing with insurance and my lawyer etc, don't know if I'll be back on a bike or not this season. Suzuki v-stroms have been tempting me though...