Are they popular in Germany Django?
Until now I've seen 2 in the wild, one is in my neighborhood, another I met at a biker meeting point. When I asked the rider, how he likes his crosstourer, first thing he started, was to explain himself, why he is not riding a R1200GS.
So I think, the crosstourer yet is not so popular here and has a difficult stand against the BMW R1200GS.
Sold a BMW R1200GS to buy my CB1100, good tall bike with plenty of power. Off road - no effing way on that heavy beast. Gravel roads - it loved them, 60 mph with no problems.
ADV bike craze now is where chopper inspired bikes were 7 years ago, more used bikes available for a song.
I actually made money selling my BMW ( really does stand for bust my wallet) and getting the Honda.
Let's hope this configuration works out better for Honda sales than the VFR1200F.
The bike no one asked for and as a consequence very few people bought them.
Honda has a reputation for building good motorcycles for a nonexistent market. Always trying to play catch-up. They seem to make a decent bike and support it for several years then go chase a fad and let a solid winner languish - ST series a case in point. Was by far my favorite motorcycle, did everything I wanted for about 10 years. I sold it and went through a handful of bikes looking to replace it; couldn't find the right mix of performance, reliability, all day comfort, and price. Guess I was chasing a dream. BMW was fun but definitely had its drawbacks and was proud of them!
This looks like a nice solid bike, upright riding with enough power to get performance. Connoisseurs spend a lot of time explaining to all uninterested parties why their particular choice is so much better.
I rode my ST yesterday (after riding the CB for 4 straight days) and thought what an amazing bike it is. All the things you describe about the ST are so true. I've had mine for 7 years and 63,000 miles. Hope to put 100,000 on it, but to do that I have to spend less time on the CB and I really enjoy it too. Have put 26,000 miles on my 2 CB's.
Not sure what will be my last bike purchase. I know it will be smaller and lighter... something in the neighborhood of a lowered NC 700 I suppose, or an SV 650 ADV or the new Kaw 650 LT, or maybe the Yamaha FJ09.. although I can't imagine riding anything but a Honda at this point. They have just been so good to me.