Your reasons for a big bike are its suitability for commuting. I think if you put big miles on a BMW you will pay for it in servicing/running costs. Does Bill Bun do BMW's?
Commuted Edinburgh to Glasgow for a year on a GT550. Cost virtually nothing to run it, just oil and petrol. Bike cost me £1100, did the basic servicing myself. It also never let me down.
Just thinking, if your real dream is to travel to China...running a BMW in the meantime might cost you a packet. Maybe something more commuter suitable and cheaper to run might get you to China quicker, financially anyway. Trade up when the time comes?
Must admit though, a CB500 ain't quite as sexy as a matt grey GS Adventure.
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