Thanks to all your guy's input, especially to wayward and mr. vince0. As to the Suzuki..I have checked out their line-up and really liked the Vstrom and SV1000S... also really liked the new bmw 1200gs. But not to hot on the price (15K!). All I know is that I really think the strada a sexy beast, and ...

I went into my local Ducati dealer to check out exactly how much the MS is selling for and found to my surprise that a regular 05' MS goes for $10,550 on the tag which also states that is has been knocked down $1000 (by the way I live in San Diego, Ca.) Anyways I am 23 and have only owened a KLR 650 ...

Thanks to everybody for their input... That did help me make a decision.

I will be getting a Strada this comming summer but can't decide whether it's worth it to go for the upgraded S? Any suggestions would help.