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Originally Posted by Red Herring
Don't overlook the Suzuki V-Strom 1000. You can almost buy two of them for the price of a GS, it's an excellent tourer, has half reasonable suspension (it's a least as good as a GS) and it's considerably narrower especially without the panniers.
The Yamaha MT09 Tracer is up there as well, stoking engine!
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But they both seem more cramped than the GS. Are they? I have sat on the tracer and it looks cool, but I can't help but get the apprehension that every time I'm riding it I'll be thinking "but this isn't the best bike I could have gotten" or "man, I need to get a bike which does *this* better, next time". Do you know what I mean? Seems like a plan-B bike for me, like there are compromises but I can't see them yet. Maybe it's my mind playing tricks because of all the plastic I see... haha