Texas is a bit of a different animal (and hello everyone)

[Trials]

I've worked on lots of Suzuki's, was a Suzuki fanatic for about a decade. They made a heck of a nice 2-stroke.

Only thing I over-pay on is motorcycle insurance
... oh, and maybe internet because that is brutal expensive here.

[Trials]

What Strom are you recommending anyway, the 650 or the 1000?

The 650 has 2 pot brakes up front and single in rear, I wouldn't touch that, so the 1000 with 4 up front and 2 in rear would be the comparable bike, at nearly the identical price as the R nineT BWM that has paralever shaft drive

you'd have to test ride them both to know how much better the BMW is in other ways.