The mud thing was annoying on my R1250GS, the rear of my lower legs would always get muddy. Coming from the K where nothing on me got muddy it was most annoying.

Spot on!
My right leg has crap up the back of it! That has never happened before. My leathers are normally er self-cleaning. I'm going to have to investigate cleaning products now. Grr.

And David - save your valuable time. You'll get no kicks out of it.
But I would agree that the RT format is a very pleasant, if chunky, way to pass motorway miles in peace.

There is a great ice cream shop in Honfleur and a very expensive chocolate shop, DAMHIK.

I've never really liked the GS, except the original R80, and the 1300 has done nothing to change that view. Perhaps I should get a test ride on one but both the RS and the RT seem like much better options to me than a GS.

It's the time for the fan to stop running, as defined in the FAQs, that is the best judge of things to come.

ETA This was the advice from my dealer:

The way to test the radiator condition was to allow the bike to idle when hot to the point the fan came on. If the radiator is in good condition. the fan should switch back off within 30 seconds to a minute. Longer than that was a was a warning of issues to come and longer than 2 minutes was a sign of imminent doom

Can I have her old hair style please? I'm bored of whatever this is!