But, amazingly, it wasn't a Chinese voice and no I did not mean a China voice...

And I have the floor covered with plastic tiles which have that grippy alumin(i)um plate like criss-cross pattern and that is hell to roll things over. I could use my belt sander to melt all the protrusions off of course.

I always had visions of watching the 6 o'clock news and seeing the results of a coming together between  a Sinclair Tupperware box and the driven wheel of an HGV...

Oh, I like that. 

I wonder a bit about how well it would cope with my cast concrete floor, but seems to move over a joint pretty well in the video.  I can only think that the Ducati reference is to do with single sided swing arm, but the very first shot looks like a GS, and then there is a slightly different stand for the KTM with double sided swingarm.  I reckon with a few of those, I can fit a couple more bikes in my garage, which has to be a good (if expensive) thing.   

And the bit I just love is the ability to spin the bike around on its axis. I know there are other turntable type solutions but this one seems so neat. I think I need to buy a Ducati...

Fixed. Too many windows open at once...

Why is it that museums are just full of old stuff?

I absolutely loved my R1150GS and swore I would ride it into my grave. Not just so soon eh? I didn't need a licence shredder, bought it initially for commuting at which it was excellent and toured Europe and Wales on it with much glee; a really easy bike to confuse faster bikes on in the twisties and through roundabouts and it simply flew up hairpins the way no sports tourer ever could. But...

I had been off a bike for a few years and still had my much loved but non-running Honda CBR1000 F-H flying fridge which was an excellent predecessor to the K and fast as a fast thing back in the day.

And so I realised that I still had a sports tourer itch that needed scratching and two K's later here we are.

The 1150 was fabulously easy to ride and nowhere near as ginormously plastic fantastic as the 12s and none of them have really done much for me although when the wrist problems were at their height I was seriously considering one again.

And, although not something that would bother you for a day's loan, those wheels look way easier to clean than the abhorrent ones on the K and folks with Motorsports don't like cleaning them too much either...

There were/are two 'pristine' Motorsports on eBay but both had more rot than my 2012 and that was with less than 5,000 miles...

https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/
Handy French government petrol prices website, that’s also good at finding where they are.

Weirdly, the government site seems to omit Supermarket filling stations altogether for areas I know well, whilst Google maps shows them with current fuel prices.