Hello Vette:
Thanks for your suggestion, much appreciated.
I'm not 'on a pedestal' in any way - I've owned the ST1100 for almost 12 years now, it is the moto I am most used to. I've not ridden a smaller bike in 20 years (simply because I have not had the opportunity to do so).
I still have (traumatic) memories of riding across Canada in the 1970s on my Honda CB360 - it was just a bit too small for the job and was constantly "wound right out" maintaining 60 to 70 MPH, hence my thinking of getting something in the 400 to 800 cc range as a step down from the Pan.
I have never been to Vietnam, hence, I don't have any way to evaluate horsepower needs there - for that reason, I do appreciate your advice. I think I will wait till I get to Vietnam in the summer of 2013 and scope things out then.
Michael
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