Fair enough, you could be right. To my mind, the 65 HP (roughly) that the 620 makes is plenty to keep me interested for a few years. I have always liked smaller engine bikes as I like to have to really wring out the motor.

Particularly one that sounds as good as a Ducati - any Ducati!! ;-) ;-)

It would take me three years to cover 12K miles - would have no problem shelling out the maintenance costs for belts & valve adj on 3 yr intervals.

The price on this thing is good enough that even if I do tire of it in a couple years and want to buy your 900SS ;-) ;-) it would be fine.

I also saw a KLR 650 for sale near my office. Now that would be a fun all-purpose bike too - I think those have something of a cult following. Then again, so do most bikes.