05-11-12, 01:20 PM
I am making a similar decision at the moment. For the past five years all my touring (solo) has been done on my 40,000-mile '98 VFR800. My girlfriend has taken to pillion riding and so my trip to Spain next year will be two-up. That being the case the VFR has beeen sold and I am in the market for a tourer. As there will be two of us I haven't looked at the like of the F800 - instead looking at the Pan European and R1200RT. We tested both bikes back-to-back and the BMW was the better bike by far so it looks like that is what will end up in the garage alongside my Mk1 Fazer thou.