Congrats on a great bike and welcome! I own the same model and year.
I agree with you. The 08 grab point is not very good. The previous generation design was excellent ( 06 and back ) I have actually broke my seat base in the middle from pulling up on it when stuck. A drill and some heavy gage wire mended it back together and made it surprisingly stout. Now I can pull up on it as long as I have a hold of the sub frame too.
When its clean, under the fender works fine. When muddy, as it is more often than not, its not so good. Now your throttle hand is all mudded up.
The tugger works for getting unstuck great, but I found it's a little high when mounted to use to get your bike on stand. You can do it but it seems more difficult than the under the fender technique.
Have fun on the new ride.
Roscoe
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