Thats prety much my mindset as well and fortunatley wifey is ok with it. 9multiple reptiles will be another battle) Riding dirt where I live realy isnt an option, legally anyway, so never had a need/want or desire for a dirt/dual sport.

I like having a dedicated trackbike so I dont have to switch it from track to street, I am loving the triumph now as a commuter/tourer, and have th ebuell for when we want to rip up the back roads. I also like the bikes that arent necessarily the cookie cutter variety so its nice having something a little different withthe buell. As far as addtitions, I wouldnt mind something more exotic like a bimota or mv agusta, and would also like a 70's circa cb750 since thats what i started out on. Would be fun to put arpound on locally or go to bike nights.

Yep, my thinking as well... I'd probably drop the Vstrom... If it was a 1000, it'd probably be a harder choice...

It depends on what he rides most. if it is long stretches of distance followed by a few short trail runs then the Vstrom is the way to go (also if he rides 2up at all), if hes more into running over to the local dirt trails with some highway riding then the KLR, but yeh they both fill the same niche

Considering the riding that I do the Madura is a much better choice than the fireblade. Looking forward to longer rides when it warms up

you feel that will be a reliable ride for something going on longer rides?

With very minimal work yes

I just don't like paying insurance on more than one bike. I haven't found anyone who will sell a "seasonal only" policy or anything like that. All you can do is tell them you're only going to ride it X number of miles, but that doesn't reduce the rate very much.

In NY you can do 3 or 6 month policies for bikes, I usualy insure mine all year so I can get out for those nice days in the winter, and we have had a lot of em this year.

Here we can drop to comp only during the winter if we want (need to at least insure against theft), but I'm like tommy and want the liability/collision coverage for those warm winter days when I get the bike out.

You would be able to do that if you moved somewhere that the winter sucks.