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Advice sought, modernish tourer needed

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davidcumbria:
St1100 pan European. Superb tourers and your wife will love you for the pillion comfort. Weight disappears when moving and with two of you ok to manage shoving around car parks. Cheap as chips , superb quality and reliability. CBF1000 another good choice. If you are used to cb500 seating ergos long distances on a sprint of vfr will seem uncomfortable on the wrists. Good to test ride a few before buying if possible.

Green1:
That's a good point about seating position. Also it your vertically challenged like me the Hinckley Triumphs have incredibly long tanks and are a stretch to the bars.

Orcade-Ian:
Hi Florence,
I've watched this particular thread with great interest having ridden a great variety of bikes for touring and know that asking a question like that could produce as many different replies as there are bikes.  BUT, I fully agree with Davidcumbria regarding pillion comfort - that is so important and his idea of a Pan would give you that (as would a 1500 'Wing - but I'm biased!). For us, another very important feature, not bike choice related would be a decent intercom - we've used them for over 30 years, firstly wired, now wireless and you can link most to phones and sat-nav.
Integrated luggage is another consideration (with removable bags) - our 1500 'Wing was 2 inches narrower than my mate's BMW K100 RT.

Ian

Laverda Dave:
I had a new VFR800 for eight years, loved it, best bike I ever owned. I went for a test ride on a new Sprint 1050ST and was seduced by the rawness and sound of it so I px'd the VFR against a new one. After a couple of years I really missed the VFR's build quality and comfort but preserved with the ST and the poor finish and build quality of it (paper thin fairing panels, flaky paint on the wheels etc). After seven years I sold it and bought the bike of my dreams, a 17 year old VFR800 that looked as good as the day it was made. 100% recommended 👍

Green1:
I think we have all been a little biased letts face it you can only recommend what you know. We have all missed the obvious question. What's your budget?
Also I know a couple that tour Europe on a cb500x and love it

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