unless you need a bike for a specific purpose, say busy city commute, ALWAYS buy with your heart, not your head......what do you want it for, cause it's practical, efficient, cheap to run, comfortable.....or it looks the nuts, goes like stink and handles better than pretty much any bike out there.....plus you've quote "always wanted one"....well flippin buy the 748 then
Mine was a basic 748e with plenty of bling bits and I loved it, even commuted for a year into London on it and tracked it for a year....it was going better when I sold it with 25k on the clock than the day I bought it new.
WeeJohnyB