Congrat on your new ride, the island is a great ADV area. I have 2 daughters in Victoria and ride my own S10 to the island from Kelowna couple times a year. Hoping on retiring there with my S10 one day LOL.
I was going to mention to you to join the site, but when you said you had researched the bike a lot, I assumed you had already seen it. Me on the other hand, just talked to Rick and then bought mine. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?