fredz43
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I learned something on that adv thread. Seems that the most common term for someone who buys a S10 instead of a GS is they are "price shoppers". Otherwise wouldn't everybody be riding a GS? ;D
I do agree with one point that Paul makes and that is buy what puts a smile on your face. My second S10, a 14ES is by far the best bike I have ridden in my 49 years of riding and at just over 17k miles, it puts a bigger smile on my face every time I ride it. My one experience in owning a BMW, a R1100S, was that the boxer engine was the most uninspiring motor of any bike I have ever owned, it had the engine character of an industrial air compressor. At this point in my life, I can buy what pleases me and if I liked the GS better than my ES, I would buy it, but I don't, so I won't. But that is just me and I guess that is also why I prefer riding my 40 year old Bultaco dirt bikes than the new Honda CRF250X I owned for only 2 years.
I do agree with one point that Paul makes and that is buy what puts a smile on your face. My second S10, a 14ES is by far the best bike I have ridden in my 49 years of riding and at just over 17k miles, it puts a bigger smile on my face every time I ride it. My one experience in owning a BMW, a R1100S, was that the boxer engine was the most uninspiring motor of any bike I have ever owned, it had the engine character of an industrial air compressor. At this point in my life, I can buy what pleases me and if I liked the GS better than my ES, I would buy it, but I don't, so I won't. But that is just me and I guess that is also why I prefer riding my 40 year old Bultaco dirt bikes than the new Honda CRF250X I owned for only 2 years.