I've owned a 1000 S DS for about a month and am on my second V-Strom 1000. (Also have recently acquired a 1200 GS). In terms of pure value for the money you can't beat the Suzuki. It's the poor man's GS - 85% the bike for half the $. I've put over 30,000 miles on the Strom and am still amazed how ...