A New Start:  Because my destroyed  bike fitted me extremely  well I had no reason to  change the spec. That's  why I have bought nearly  the same model but only  7 years younger:  it's now a   BMW K 1200 GT    built in 2005.  A few customising  opera-  tions made it "my" bike:  lower seat, larger  mirrors,  lower windshield, brackets  for a TomTom Rider GPS  navigation set,  ...