I seem to go about 3 seasons with each.
First own bike after passing my test was a Suzuki Gladius 650. Rode it to Nordkapp in my first solo summer, with a pair of used softbags and a backpack strapped to the pillion. Lots of disdain out there for the Gladius, but I bought it specifically because it looked unlike any other UJM out there, and I absolutely loved it.
Then I briefly rode a friend's CBR600F3 - he'd bought it while getting his license but never finished the training.
Bought a VFR800 VTEC, my dream bike at the time, and I still miss it. Took me across the Scandinavian Arctic and down through Europe, as far south as Ljubljana. The guy I sold it to after crashing, put on a set of Chinese replacement fairings and sent me a selfie with it from Morocco.
Then bought my current FZ1S, and had some great adventures with it, but it's just too much bike for my use case. Probably getting sold in the spring.
In the meantime, also rode a few rentals on holiday... CB500X, a shiny new V-Strom 650, a Honda XR150 in Vietnam, a bunch of scooters...
Kind of thinking of getting a Versys 650 next just because I've never had a Kawasaki. But if I come across a nice VFR800X Crossrunner - my dream bike but with a spine-friendly seating position - I'm going back to Honda fandom.
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