Was skiing at Mad River recently and met Yotaman88210 in the loft, and he recommended I check out the forum.  I'm currently also a member of sport-touring.net.  I started touring on my bicycle back before I had a license.  I'd go 50-100 miles on the bicycle just for fun, and of course I did the annual bicycle rallies.  After a while it get's kinda boring and not to mention dangerous.  Going 30mph on just about any road is just asking to get ran over.   Since bicycling is so dangerous, I needed to find something a little safer while retaining the general two-wheeled exhilaration.   I really only needed something that I could safely tour on without worrying about getting ran over by the flow of traffic.  I ended up with a 08 Buell 1125R; her name is Lilly.