I think it was BIKE magazine that did a comparison of the various dual-sport bikes in this catagory...It turned out that most of them were 90/10 bikes as far as the street vs. dirt comparison went...they gave a nod to the V-Strom for street riding but, overall the BMW GS Adventure was awarded the top honors...The comparison was the BMW, Triumph, Suzuki and one other that I can't recall...For the money, and if your're not really looking to take it off-road (or on much more than a dirt road) the Suzuki was a great value...I saw last night that Yamaha is looking to bring out a new dual sport perhaps in 2005...it looked quite promising but, was a concept bike at this point

-Todd
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