Owned and loved an 1100 '04 Shadow up until a tour through the Catskills and Adirondacks a couple of years ago where I was introduced to an asphalt black VFR and lost my heart (and maybe my head). Anyway found a "new" '06 Pearl White at a local dealer, negotiated a trade and voila I became the ecstatic owner

of one of the finest motorcycles ever created (not just my sentiment - ask Peter Egan). 17,000 happy klicks in the first year and now I am waiting out an interminably long Canadian winter before I can go riding again. Will add factory hard cases (if I can find 'em) this spring.