but i love my transalp, never really looked at much else, appart from the
kle500... but the plank seat put me off,

the saddle on the transalp is almost the most comfortable one i've ever sat
on, i still get a sore arse, but that's got i got a fecked up back, even the
corbin saddle i put on my virago didnt feel as good as the stock transalp
seat.... i feel i could do some half decent touring on the transalp.

i like the sit up and beg riding position, i'm 6 foot and dont get any
buffeting till over 90mph,
the bike is pretty flickable i find, but i've not really had a bike before
that can be thrown about like the transalp can, so what do i know.

she feels a heavy bike first couple of times you sit on her, but i dont
notice it now, it feels pretty well balanced, not too top heavy as i thought
it would feel coming from a low down cruiser style bike.

mines just turned 1900 miles, and i'm getting 51mpg out of her, doesnt seem
to matter how i ride it i get around 50mpg, can get another 10 mpg
apparantly by cutting the oxidising cat box out of the zorst, something i'll
do when the warrenty runs out, or i can get a price for a set of custom
headers.

engine has plenty of low down torque, but again this is the most powerfull
bike i've ridden to date, V twin motor is fairly smooth, been told it gets a
lot smoother when 6000 miles is clocked up, but it's deffo smoother than the
viragos V twin was,

I went for the transalp cos i've always liked the look of them, and didnt
want an engine any bigger than a 650 for fuel economy reasons, but of course
you may prefer bigger engined bikes.

<waits for the barage of abuse to start for my opinions>