Believe me, I think the tear down of the BF would equal about the tear down of your bike. I love my BF, and I much prefer it to what I had before, but it's no walk in the park to pack it for travelling either. It's still a great bike for travel, but you still have to be careful with packing and you have to take down the handlebars, fold it up, arrange it just so in the suitcase, etc.

I vote for getting the bike you have and getting the couplers put on it.

Koffee