I'm Manfred and I'm from York - right in the middle of gods country (or it would be if he actually existed)

I've just taken on a 2001 R1150RS with 67k on the clock.
This is the end of a sequence of trades that started with me deciding that I didn't have the time or money to get the 'spare' Vmax on the road.
So that got swapped for a Katana 600 hardtail chop that was too small.
Next was a Ducati Supersport 1000DS, horrible riding position.
Then along came this.
Never really wanted a BM, seemed to be too expensive to maintain and if you look at the 'official' club, ridden by snobs

But here we are.
Now to start learning all over again.
Just for the record, excluding the sequence of trades above, my previous bike for the last 14 years was a Yam FJ1100.
Before that:
Kawi GT750.
Suzuki GS750
Suzuki GSX250
Suzuki GT125
With a few trikes and peds scattered in between.