Hello everyone. It's been a while, so I shall start where I left off. As many of you will be aware, I suffered total and catastrophic engine failure on my return from the rather good BoSM. I will omit details of the crash, as the posts are forever trapped in Usenet, that is, unless some trolling wanker has H4XX3D Google Groups and obliterated them from the whole Internet... After the crash, I was lucky enough to be offered cash for the whole bike, sans CDI unit, after advertising bits on eBay. I only took £200 for the bike, as I couldn't be bothered to break it up further, and I was pleased to have been offered that much for a bike with a shagged engine, fairing, front brake and clip-ons. Following this sale, which, incidentily, barely covered 2/3 of the recovery fees from the M23 to my house, I drooled over the Suzuki website for many weeks, weighing up the pros and cons of my options, and finally took the plunge, ordering a Brand Spanking New Bandit 650 K6 in 'Nebular Black' on their 0% finance odffer. Suzuki were also kind enough to subsidise my insurance policy, cutting it from around £1000, to a rather spiffing £490 for fully comp with all the expected bells and whistles. I collected the bike on Saturday and have covered 140 miles, and can now start bringing the revs up as the break-in period progresses. As such, I fully intend to take part in the majority of the calendered events for the rest of the year, including the JOGLE run and, of course, the EoSM, whereupon I intend to return home without mishap. How about that... Also, take care and have fun all of you going on the run to Sedan this weekend...