Thanks for the Welcomes.
A bit more about the bikes paint scheme. The blue is just a vinyl wrap. Looks good from a distance and or passing by quickly. If you look at it closely it is very easy to tell.
I did intend to wrap the whole bike. But for anyone who hasn't tried working with this material. It's not that easy to work with and bike fairings aren't straight and flat.
But it was cheap and it made the bike look a bit different to a total white ex police bike.
I tried to live with the white but found people just slowed down too often in front of me when they saw me in their mirrors. Must be a reflex action. :)
I love that colour blue as well. I'll probably paint it one day in the future. But for now it's what it is.
Reason for buying a ST1300.
My first reason was Price. Ex police bikes were going for a much better price than an BMW 1200GT
2nd reason. I wanted a big touring bike to do bigger rides and I like big bikes and its a Honda.
3rd reason, it was a single seat bike form the get go. So cheaper reg in QLD. So my fitted my budget.
Previous bikes. 03 Suzuki Bandit 1200S and a 87 Honda VFR 750 Rothmans Gardner Paint job.
I won't be able to make tomorrow's RTE at Esk. Maybe next time.
Favourite rides around North Brisbane are over Mt Mee up through Kilcoy back around to Mt Glorious and back home through Samford.
Another common ride for me is up north on the highway to Nambour, then back to Brisbane via Mapleton, Montville,Malany, Peachester, Woodford and then Mt Mee, Petrie.
Cheers, Nev.