I get 93 miles 'till the warning light comes on, so I guess I'm a bit less ham-fisted than your honor. --Creeps up over 100 miles with a good deal of steady-state riding, however.
Each bike is a set of compromises and the flaws will drive you nuts if you focus on them. Sometimes you come across a bike with no glaring faults but no great excesses as well. In time, you find yourself fantasizing for something that will blow you away and leave you with a silly grin as you think about your most recent, wretched behavior. I moved to the T. because I wanted something very different than what I had been experiencing over the last 5 years of payments. With the T., the range is pissy and the wind buffeting can get to you on a day ride or more. But I love how I can launch and thrash it in the often irritating traffic here in southern California, USA. I like the way it is narrow in the hip and is lean like a panther eager to pounce on an opportunity.
It's thirsty, but that's the price of moving torque and H.P. down (relatively) low while still having generous amounts of tug on top. It's damn comfortable and I get lots of interest, not sought after, but kind of a buzz. BikePilot mentioned in another thread that an aftermarket, larger tank available now on the Duc H.M. takes up air box space with ensuing possible, negative consequences. A larger tank is going to put more weight up high and, maybe, diminish the visual characteristics of this Italian machine.
Focus on the positive! On another chat board, a chap who has more access to bikes than 10 of us once said the one bike he regretted selling was his Tuono.
It's not like a wife. You can find some solace in the fact that you can change over every few years if something really gets to ya, or, better yet, you can go polygamous and decide daily who you're gonna sleep with. Then only problem is just the money; not the house, the car, the media center, the kids and your best friend that all go when you piss off Barbie.
