For the record I am 67 years old and ride a 2000 ST1100 and a pair of XRs. A 96 XR200R and a 96 XR250L, both street legal. I started riding in July of 1964, worked for two different Honda dealers as a tech back in the 1979 to 1985 period and have owned a long list of bikes including a new 1969 CB750 Sand Cast that I purchased the day after returning from Vietnam.
The 50 year progression: 1964 50cc Model C-110, 1965 305 Dream, 1969 CB-750, 1978 CX500, 1980 XR200R, 1982 XL250R, 1983 GL650, 1996 VFR750F, 2000 ST1100+XRs.
I have also owned, repaired, rebuilt, restored a number of other bikes. C110, CB77 Superhawk, XL250S, CT90, CJ360, GL650I, CB400 Hawk, and some I probably forgot about.
I am amazed at what prices some people are asking for an old Honda, like the 305 Dream that was $691.00 out the door in 1965. Or the CB750 Sand Cast that I paid $1500.00 for, new. With 27,000 plus miles on the Dream and 33,00 plus on the CB750, would I ever want to ride one of those bikes again? Not after the ST I wouldn't.
I was really fun owning a CB750 when it was new in 1969 though. I once had a Kentucky state trooper pull me over once just so he could look at it. (Phew) And two others that were more interested in my documents.
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I'm not sure how many more years I have left in the saddle, but if the ST gets to be too much, I would certainly consider the Forza 300.