I answered the original question a long time ago (i.e., 4 days and 20+ posts), and like you I've definitely wished for a bigger bike at times. Of course, I've also wished for a smaller one, and for knob tires--or for less-knobby. For carburetors when I had fuel injection, and for fuel injection when I had carbs. For a bigger windscreen or a smaller one; for soft bags or for aluminum cases; for more ground clearance or for less wind-resistance, for more luggage or less....

I've even wished I had no bike at all, although not as often as I've wished I had one when I didn't. You name it, I've wished for it. About the only things I've never regretted are a better seat and improved suspension, and I seldom bother with either one, since I'd apparently prefer to pocket the money involved and keep traveling.

Anyone craving simple yes/no answers is better off posting a poll, where they can define the possibilities in binary terms. Real life is seldom binary, despite our attempts to believe it so.

I apologize for not contributing any steeper-hill-deeper-mud-more gnarly-feshfesh photos to this thread!

Mark

Edit to add: You'd think I would know how to prevent the site software from insisting on "knob" and/or "knob-" when I'm merely trying to describe tires with relatively aggressive tread patterns.