Thanks for the welcome everyone! i did buy From Josh at St. Halarie, who was one of the best dealers I have worked with and that fact definitely helped sway the decision to buy a GG. I had to travel a ways to get it tho, as i am located in the northern parts of Maine.
Just happend to work out that all in one day i sold my 2014 tiger 800Xc (sigh, will be missed but less time to ride meant bike consolidation) and picked up the NEW GG! This made me feel a little (ok a lot!) better about seeing the tiger go
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