The st1300 is a great sport touring machine. But it has some major downsides along with many more upsides. The upsides for me are the amazing value, you can get a $4k st1300 with 40k miles and ride it to over 200k reliably, it gets 40 mpg, v4 engine, not one of those wussy twin cylinder things, shaft drive, all day comfort. The cons... well the instability. It's there but only in some circumstances.