On the plus side, the shop I took it to yesterday (Desmotosport) was fantastic. Nice folks, great reputation, and they had my bike done when they said they would - five hours after I dropped it off. Granted, it didn't need much, but still, I now have confidence that the bike is not going to leave ...

I've been lurking here for awhile and felt compelled to post on this topic because I took a test ride on an '06 1000s on Sat and had pretty much the same experience. I'd ridden a Monster 750 for about 2 years and sold it last July because I felt cramped on it (I'm 6'3").

I bought an '04 BMW 1150 GS ...