It doesn't have to be that Honda.
I know what it feels like to hanker for something on an emotional level (the marketer's favourite leverage).
I mean, if you're really in love with the RE, get it. It's your money. It'll be your bike.
Just do so with open eyes as a number on here have already told you what to expect.
Ride it and tick that off.
Maybe you'll keep it, may be you'll sell it, but as you can see from the current prices of the two models you've been looking at, the Honda holds its value more, so if you decide to sell the RE once you've got that bug out of your system, expect to take a bit of a hit.
Or go back to the drawing board and look at what's around.
However, I know what you mean about the soulessness of a revvy parallel twin.
For me, for a 500cc to be charismatic means a single.
My Transalp is a twin 600 and even that can't be described as characterful (namely as it has no quirks and starts every time!).
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