Attack all you want I couldn't care less. Seriously, go nuts. Frankly, I've never owned a bike that I didn't like yet - they were all great in their own specific way. And as long as there are at least two motorcycle brands available there's going to be trench warfare between fans of brand a) and fans of brand b)
And I'm certainly not going to badmouth the entire bike because of a minor glitch that is solvable. This is not going to be one of those "I have a minor problem... OMG THIS IS ALL CRAP <insert_brand_here> IS ALL CRAP I HATE IT DIE DIE DIE!" situations that I have experienced too often already. The rust might be the deal breaker in my case. But like they say - nobody's perfect. How about we agree that we will probably never get along in terms of what bike to use for long distance travel but that it doesn't really matter in the end as long as you get your butt on that bike and go?

And while I appreciate the help I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with the bike per se but with either a) the suspension, b) the tires, or c) both. Just like on any other bike that suspension is not strong enough to carry two passengers plus full luggage. That bike was heavily overloaded and it doesn't behave that way at all when it's not overloaded. I've noticed similar albeit not that bad, behavior on a Suzuki Freewind two-up. That suspension is barely strong enough to carry a grown man plus luggage...

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