Thanks. Yea, I'm on the other forum as well. It's a good one. He (Cruzin or something?) runs an FZ07 forum that is also down. Hopefully he didn't decide it was too much trouble. Lots of good info on advrider too if you are not already there.
I love the T-7. Like I said, way more manageable off road than the BMW. The GS is clearly better for long distance on the highway but the T-7 is not bad. I'll likely upgrade the seat and I've done a few other mods to dial it in to my liking but overall it does exactly what I wanted.