I had my k100 in college and couldn't really afford the maintenance and upkeep. Every time it or my R80/7 before that died I went in the shed and fired up the CB550. I finally came to the realization that BMW reliability was overrated and Hondas was not. If you can afford to keep either the bikes or the cars they are very nice, but so are Hondas for less money up front and down the road.