Well, not if you start with a cruiser like a Guzzi California or an HD Sportster.
I actually almost bought the VFR1200, back in 2010 when I bought the NT. I had an older VFR and I just loved it. I was ready to buy the new one, counting down the days to the unveiling. Then it arrived with a tiny tank and terrible range. Most of the time, that doesn't matter. I live in the eastern USA and there are plenty of gas stations. But sometimes the stars align and I get to go out west, and the range becomes a huge thing. You work all year towards that one vacation and then to have it messed up by tank range? I didn't buy the VFR. I bought the NT instead. And range was the crucial deciding factor.
Now, though, I wish I had bought the VFR. The VFR still attracted me strongly but at the time I thought I would wait and pick up a used one to play with, later. Little did I know that I only had a few years left to ride a machine like that, and that I would never get around to taking the NT out west where I would actually need that range. Now I've missed my chance. I will never get to ride the VFR1200.
Gizmo. You might have overlooked this part. It is not a choice.
"Little did I know that I only had a few years left to ride a machine like that..... Now I've missed my chance. I will never get to ride the VFR1200."