Recent content by SimOv

I recently paid Saltire in Edinburgh £5.5k for a full service history 2011 model with 19k miles. It's almost identical to yours...except that it didn't have the luggage, crash bars, sump guard, remapped engine etc. etc. which are all additional costs for me after purchase. So...I think your...

Picked up the bike from Edinburgh and headed to the west coast. Had a wonderful couple of warm (for Scotland) spring days and almost 600 miles getting to know the bike on a great mix of familiar Scottish roads. Really loved the bike, but the 'T' mode is too much like an on-off switch from a...

Have a 2,000 mile, 17 day trip with my wife planned from Aberdeenshire in June. Stop offs include Pennines, Peak District, Welsh Borders, Dorset, Cornwall, Bath, Lincolnshire, Borders and then home. Sooo many wonderful places still to see in the UK!

Hi all. Well, after several years of do I or don't I, I will soon (mid-April) pick up my 2011 XT1200. It's one of those bikes that has always appealed to me, but either I haven't been able to find the right bike, or the spare cash wasn't around...until now. Anyway, I look forward to being an...