Been there and done that. If the OP believes the badge in any way relates to reliability or the ability to do the job I hope he finds out it isn't by reading here rather than the hard way. You pick the bike that fits you best and learn to live with the bits that don't work well. It doesn't matter if it's a Harley, an F800 or an Enfield the rider is key not advertising slogans, press pictures and what old riders thought about bikes they could never buy.

The G650 was 2nd place in my recent search for the Bonneville replacement, ticked all the boxes for me. The dealer, although less snotty and obvously useless than Triumph one lost it though. Suzuki really wanted to play so I got a Wee-strom. It seems to do everything quite well.

Andy

Bonneville
 

Andy,
Why would you want to replace the Bonny:thumbup1: ?

Paul (who rides a BMW as well ) LOL