I ride as much as possible with my work schedule. My uncle and I and some neighbor buddies have bikes so we get out Sunday am and ride towards West Virginia and Ohio. We stop for breakfast shoot the bs and ride till noon. Usually 80 to 100 mile loop. I also have a Vstrom 1000 which I also like a lot. I only rode the nt home from the buyers, 138 miles all highway and very happy with the wind protection. Went to the notary and maybe to get the state inspection this afternoon. Changed the gear oil and will do the oil and filter this week also. Hate to start an oil thread but I use diesel oil in the bikes. Rorella. It was either this NT or a Mz Traveller I was thinking about. KInda rare bike but very interesting. I think what sold me was not having to deal with carbs. Fuel injection is sooo nice. I will ride the NT more and if doesn't suit me you may find it on the site for sale. I went from a FJR1300 to vstrom 650, big difference, found a vstrom 1000 I could not pass up and my neighbor bought my 650. I have been watching the nt and even rode one a guy was trading in on an adventure bike but can't remeber what. Has anybody added some kind of handguards? My vstrom has plastic ones and they work great to keep the weather off the hands. Also I am looking at tires, whats everybody like? I had Avon on a fz6, loved em, and roadsmarts 3 on the fjr. Loved them to.