V-Strom
Check out Grant Guerin story here on Travellers Stories. He has a V-Strom with over 140k kms on it with no serious problems. He has travelled for 3 years so far all over The Americas and now Africa. He is a big part of the reason why I sold my very unreliable 1100GS and got a V-Strom.
The BM rode a little better,had slightly better brakes and was a little more comfy for my wife. She also says it is a little noiser back there.
Although you say money is not a problem they are a lot cheaper to maintain. Mine now has 18000 miles and has had no problems but it is still early days I'll now how good it is in another 100,000 miles.
I have Pelican Cases on mine which I am very happy with. They are totally waterproof and are suppossed to be very tough but luckily I haven't tested that yet. The only problem is they are sde loading but my wife made some bag liners so that isn't really a problem.
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