Hi Gadget Boy,
We still have the trusty 1100 although now it has a new outer rear main seal (after much frustration and wasted time in El Salvador) as well as new transmission seals (replaced in Bogota 2 weeks ago). The bike now runs well except for a serious lack of power. We're thinking it might have been the air filter so we took care of that. We'll be leaving Otavalo, Ecuador in a couple of days so we'll have a better idea then if that was the problem...