[QUOTE] I'd prefer to wait for the all-new Triumph Trophy. I always rated my 1200 above the K1100LT in handling, performance and braking (ABS aside). As a big touring bike, though, the BMW nailed it with the shaft drive, the better fairing, and (above all) fuel consumption. If Triumph can cure those issues with the new bike (it has a shaft, for starters), then I could well be tempted. The old 1200 engine was an utter stonker: shame they never really developed it.[/QUOTE] <perks up> The Trophy 900 is still a great bike, when it disappeared from the lineup I thought the Trophy was dead in favour of 'sports tourers'. You now telling me they've had a change of heart, just when I was thinking of flogging the 900? I'd be well up for another Trophy.