[ArizonaKev]

Thanks MM - great response, and great info! You brought up a lot of good points as to why the GZ is more practical and fun for you - and it sounds like for me too. I really like what you said in the last part as well, about the statement the GZ makes. Nicely put : )

I am thinking more and more now that I will probably end up sticking with my GZ for some time to come. The only real reason I could see for getting a bigger bike at this point would be - in all honesty - to show off, to be able to "beat people off the line", or pass people at will. I used to think I would use a bigger bike for highway trips, but here in Phoenix, I just don't think there is any way I would do that : every freeway/highway leading out of this joint is busy as hell, and dealing with all that high speed traffic on a bike just doesn't sound fun to me. And that is the reason I would want to go on a highway cruise - to get out and enjoy 'the open road'. Perhaps if I was in a smaller town, or back in my home state of South Dakota or something, that would be a possibility. But here, in the suburban sprawl that this valley has become, there is no real 'open road'.

Alas, I will probably ride my GZ til the wheels fall off, and then decide if I want something bigger! :lol:
Thanks for the awesome response MM - I appreciate the thought you put into it.

:2tup:

AZ Kev