NC700X

[pdedse]

Yea it is weird stepping down in power but I actually found it to be liberating. The loss of weight makes throwing the bike into corners fun! I've had my X on the same roads as the GS and actually run them faster on the smaller bike. GS great on the wide open roads but that isn't where I do my riding. Much better on unpaved roads and last week I took it down a really rough trail that would have been impossible on the GS.
Counter intuitive, especially these days but bigger isn't always better.

Very true! I have a third bike...in Costa Rica where I spend time because my wife is from there. It's a Honda CGL125, a street bike, but a billy goat. Amazing little cuss...just point it where you want to go, rock mountain roads, up, down...it just goes. And it gets about 90 miles per gallon.