I know man, it's crazy! The years go by so goddamned fast.
Here's the new machine: 2019 Suzuki DRZ-400SM.
Got a hell of a deal too, they're a tick over 9 grand out-the-door from the dealership, and I paid $5300. It was $5500 but I got a couple hundred off for some scraping on the side plastics from his cargo bags that were on there, might use that for new ones or some graphics. Looks ok from a bit of a distance, but they're pretty dulled out and scraped up close. Anyway, there are definitely benefits to buying a motorcycle when there's only 3 weeks left to ride.
It's only 2 years old and was just rolling over 1000km, so not even broken in yet. I did the first oil change myself yesterday and still about 600 km before it's officially broken in according to the manual.
This thing is so fun to ride, I literally can't ride it without smiling. Super light and flickable, lots of low end torque, front end comes up nicely on command. Plus a way lower chance of killing myself on this thing than a sport bike!!