Greetings from always (?) sunny Devon. Bought my almost new VStrom 650 back in November and love it. I'm an old man on a bike, having ridden many of them in my youth when you could ride forever on L Plates but got distracted by cars and girls and so never passed my test. Went through the whole expensive rigmarole last year and immediately bought the VStrom. Great bike. Wish now I'd left cars and bikes alone :o)