Hello !!

Hi, Pleased to meet you all, I have just joined your forum and hope very soon to be joining you as a triumph owner
I have been mad on bikes since I was at junior school & had them since I was 15 - thats 28 years in all (now 43) but for nearly 2 years when mortgage & work stopped play.
I've had mostly super bikes with the odd tourer & trail bike thrown in, currently I have an RSV4 and a zx10r - which I swapped my zzr1400 for coz it was too big & cumbersome to push around my drive & garage, fast but too porky !
I've had 3 R1's (tracked them all) a Gixer 1000, a few kawa & honda trailies, a zzr 600, zzr 1400, zx7r, 3 zxr400 (tracked them all) a KR1s (tracked it) and quite a few others here and there !
It must be my age - or just the bloody weather ? but I have gone mad for a tiger 800XC ! I don't often sit on a trail or touring style bike & feel comfortable, not normally my style, and they feel heavy and too tall ! (I am 5'9") but the tiger 800 feels just perfect, comfortable and balanced and it looks great, so I have a test ride booked in next week, deposit ready, solicitor on standby when the wife finds out!!!

So thats me, textile suit ready, can't wait for the tiger

Any tips or input from 800XC owners would be really appreciated, how do you get on with keeping the spokes clean? I have looked at 2 now & both had scabby spokes.
which mods / extras are essential ? high screen, ?

all the best
SK