I'd go with a GS500 or a EX500 with a big Givi box on back, low maint, buy'em cheap, light, good milage, decent on the interstate loop around town, low seat and narrow for filtering to the light.
I put a set of Shinko 244 knobies on the KLR, got them and had to get a can of chian wax to qualify for the $80 or more free shipping. They're decent, did some hard on/off road last year in the Hocking area and had no problems.
It only takes about a minute, the lady asked a few questions and was gone. The more OH people in the census, the more money comes this way for the stuff we pay taxes on.
Yea, use a cheapo AGP card if for anything else it keeps the PCI slot free in case you want to throw something else in there. If all you want is a 2D desktop, then this card'll do. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130210
I could watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZwM3GvaTRM About the only way to make them tolerable is the Rifftrax treatment from the Mystery Science Theater guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFSn5rs70Rc