Damn, this thread is so old that I didn't recognize it... Looking at it on the Iphone (which is such a pain cause everything is sooooo small), I was reading Woodsy's answer and thinking to myself; man, that lady is just awesome! I need to PM Dean and let him know how lucky we all are to have her here, as a super moderator... So I scrawled down, and I see the next response is someone that liked her answer too, and even gave her ten points...so I scrawl to the left to see who it is....
It is a very old thread, but it seems like he finally made up his mind what bike to buy. I corrected part of your post, she has been promoted.
Congrats on the new bike! Now I'll be looking forward to reading some ride reports from you I just got back from 2 weeks of Husky Love riding...trails on my WR144 and everything else on my 610, including a 2-up camping trip on it ...so I'm a bit behind.