I have had my ZX10 for 8 years, it has 106,000 k´s on the clock and it is a great high speed tourer. Apart from normal maintenance like tyres, chains and sprockets, the only other maintenance I have had to do was replace the front springs as it was starting to push the front end out on corners after 90,000k´s. My wife and I go to quite a few rallys over the summer (she has a GSX750F) and we cart all our gear in two packs. We are looking at getting Givi hard luggage for both bikes next year as we plan to take 3 or 4 weeks and travel around the North Island of New Zealand. We live in the South Island.