[bobkoure]

Nice ride.
And, of course, you live in bikers paradise... I'd like to be there on a bike, well, now.
It is a bit of an adjustment going from right-side to left-side traffic patterns - but not the way most folks might think. In both cases, most roads have camber, so in right-hand traffic, you usually have a "bank" on your side of the road in right hand corners - and usually a negative one in lefts (just like reverse banked turns on the track, but often unexpected). In left-traffic, the situation is reversed and there's a real tendency to go into right hand turns 'way too hot. If you've driven in right-side-traffic, you've likely experienced the opposite (too hot in left turns).

Winter here involves ice on the roads, which is bad for anything that camber steers - and Duc crash-repair parts are pricey. I've a M900 and a 907ie in the garage, but no pictures handy (sorry). A replacement tank for the M900 is over USD1200, for instance.

Oh - I worked in a dealership too, but this was long ago - it was Triumphs (Meriden), Vincents and Velocettes. The latter two were out of production at the time, but we were "the place to go" in New England if you needed work on 'em. Had a series of Ducs and Guzzis through that period (just was being contrary)

On my first visit to NZ I was astonished at the number of Vincents about - one on every corner, it seemed. Then I spoke with one of the Vincent riders in a restaurant and discovered that there was a worldwide get-together of Vincent riders happening in NZ that month. If you were working in a dealership you likely remember.