Yup - of all the bikes I've owned, a four cylinder Honda was not among them. They were nice in the day, but I had an XS650B from about 1978-81 which I really loved and then a 1979 Suzuki GS850G which I bought new as a left-over in the spring of 1981 and kept until the fall of 1990.
The Suzuki attracted me because of the shaft, cast wheels, triple disc brakes and huge, flat, comfy (but not goofy looking) saddle plus it handled better than any comparable UJM due to the well-designed frame and intelligent use of fasteners that used the engine as a structural member to help with stiffness (some of the other UJMs were a bit wobbly - but not the GS bikes).
What a machine: really good self-cancelling winkers, gear position indicator, working fuel gauge, the engine was as reliable as a bag of rocks and it was smooth and quiet, plus it had variable damping rear shocks and air-assisted front forks. Even my Honda ST1300 - which is a 2007 model (i.e.
28 years newer than the GS850G) doesn't have all that stuff. I put well over 170,000 km on that Suzuki and except for tires, brake pads, spark plugs and fluid changes and valve adjustments, I never laid a hand on it. I put a Martec electronic ignition on it in LA (
I was on a trip and she needed a tune-up anyway) - and after that, not even a check on the timing was needed.