Did look at the Firestorms as I have a large history of Honda's as my weapon of choice...
18 litre tank on the early ones + 35mpg :
Just looks bland to be honest? Almost plastic? That left you with the SP1/2 which although an AWESOME bike would be deeply impractical/uncomfortable for pillions and also a thief magnet. >
That led me to the Doocat.
Comfortable around town & long distance, good pillion seat, easy to work on, good tank range, reliable (yes indeed. any Duke after 1993 will be just as good as the Jap stuff) OOOOOOOODLES of torques for overtaking & general thrapping around, an EPIC soundtrack and of course - THAT name...
More character than all the other Generic Plastic Missiles
Dead chuffed.
