I had 5 over the years, in period, and the Mk2 was the best.
One man's great bike is another man's worst.
Thanks god we are all different.
Yes, I love my 690 (for now

Won't stop me going for something else for winter mud, even though it seems to work pretty well in the sloppy stuff so far. My compromise has to come from needing to do 80% road miles when trail riding.
Thetford was good on my 400, agree it would be fun on the 690. Mike Irving took us there on his.