A good indication of how long since I have seen an ST, due to work committments, was on the 17th March in a village called Zeuthen about 30 klms south of Berlin in Germany. It was their "breakout" day, i.e. the first warm Saturday after winter. There were a lot of bikes out that day. BTW it was technically a Pan European, don't know whether it counts. Went for a 3 day ride last weekend in Nth NSW, did not see another ST, they must have gone West and North.