Wow!! Congrats! I am teetering on the edge of making this same decision myself. The thing that is keeping me from doing it is that my '99 ST has given me zero problems and I would not hesitate jumping on it tomorrow to go on multi thousand km trip. All the BMW owner's I have talked to always rave about their machine but there always seems to be some mechanical issue or another that they talk about having or one of their friend is having. The other thing I have never had to deal with Honda for a warranty claim since it never had an issue but there seems to be talk that BMW is not always easy to deal with, the dealers are great the warranty rep not always.
All that said I really like the RT, the way it sounds, the look, luggage design, oh almost forgot the sound..... just not the idea of shlepping tools and parts on trips which the BMW crowd seems to do. Oh well I have seen a number of Harleys broken down along the way but I can't remember seeing a BMW rider stranded. Decisions.
Gerhard
P.S. Hope that smile just keeps getting bigger