Hi Rich, and welcome. Not too much doing on the forum lately, for good reason, the CT is incredibly reliable. If you want a reasonably quick, superbly built tall tourer you wont go far wrong with one, I'm on my second now. As with every bike it does have compromises, they are very heavy until you get moving, suspension can be a little crude and the seat is a plank but for me these are all forgivable because of the many plus points. I dont mind not having a load of electronic bells and whistles as the basics are done well, less to go wrong.