UNTIL I discovered the Ducati Multistrada. BUT don't just take my word for it:-
What the Multi can deliver is comfortably stunning back-road performance, utter humiliation to unwary super-sport poseurs, work-week practicality and singular Ducati style. On these merits, it's an out-of-the-park, grand slam home run. Unique, and uniquely accommodating, this is a motorcycle that does almost everything well. In English, compromise usually means you give up more than you get. In the Multistrada, Ducati's translation is different.
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Booney