Back when I both had a motorcycle and contacts over in the Russian oilfields I looked into the Ural motorcycles. The basic response was, "If you buy three you'll have one that works, for a while anyway." These motorcycles have quality control issues up the wazoo.

If you are interested in on/off road motorcycles look at the current crop of dual-sports. I'm partial to the Kawaski KLX 650 though if I had the money the BMW GS looks pretty sweet, too.

-Blast