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Apologies,Craig - not been about for a while, so you may have the answer.
I've not noticed any difference really with the side stand, but hauling it onto the mainstand is a bit harder.  R&G (who I got the lowering kit from) recomend shortening the mainstand by about an inch (cut and weld). To be honest, I've not got round to this but appaently is quite a straighforward job for those with the nessecary kit and skills.

A brave man riding anywhere yesterday.  Hope you enjoy the GTR.  Had mine a few weeks now and loving it!

Talking to a police biker at Motorcycle Live (Ride Safe stand) and he mentioned Hampshire police have several unmarked GTR's, each bristling with camera's and other equipment. :police

I use 'Tyre ToTravel (6.5)' which is compatable to both Gramin and TomTom for route planning /rides etc.  This will then let you to download straight to the satnav and I suspect because its not allowing TomTom tomake it's own decisions, it works very well.

I bought a Tomtom 400 Rider and its the biggest bag of shite I've ever encountered.  Don't know about bluetooth connecting as I've never tried it it, but as a satnav its crap.  It has a mind of its own, its inconsistant with the same route,  changes them part way through, turns on and off at will despite being fully charged or on a mains feed. It'll go from portrait to landscape for fun, completely ignores settings (avoid motorways / quickest route etc) and cannot differentiate between A roads, B roads, greenlanes and bridle paths.

I'm same height - 5ft 8ins.  I was OK with the standard seat and 'un-lowered' on dead level ground, but as soon as there's a drop of either side, or a slight incline, then I'm goosed.  I've just fitted a lower seat ( thanks Biker Bugs) and a set of lowering dogbones from Lust Racing and can now virtualy flatfloot.  I'm over in Bolton if you want to check out what its like when lowered.

Took delivery of my new bike and it came with a set of  R&G Adventure bars on I'd asked the dealer to sort for me. (Thanks to all for your advice) A bit pricey for some bent metal, brackets and bolts I thought but you never know.  Well.. Stopped at a junction, put my foot down only to find a dip in the road my short stumpy legs could not cope with!  My God this machine is heavy....and there was no way I could hold it up   Long story short, picked me up, then the bike (with a little help from a friend) and low and behold, a slight mark on the R&G bar and not a mark anywhere else on the bike....WINNER!  As someone said on this post . best insurance policy I've ever bought.
Right ...of to the gym to build some muscle!

Be interested if its perfect condition and it helps sufficiently.  Could I pop over (wherever that may be) and have gander?

Or you could by my Kawasaki lowered gel seat 

How much lower and how much to buy?

You need some 1970's platform footware , easy 2 inch taller , 
I knew saving them would come in useful at some point.  All I need to do is figure out what I'm going to do with the flares and cheesecloth shirts.

Thanks Guys - Lowering kit it is then - probably followed by a seat re-sculpture (Tony Archer) if required.

Stupid question I know (but I'll ask anyway).. Is there a relatively simple and inexpensive way of lowering the overall seat height.  While the current height is manageable, I think I would be a little more comfortable with a few more mm to play with (my missus once said something like that as well  )

Evening - I posted a few weeks ago that I had ordered a new GTR (GT).  A few delays from my side, but pleased to say I took delivery of my new ride today. 
Only had time for a quick ride home and what can I say - Its bloody awesome!  Cannot wait for Wed (next decent day weatherwise) so I can go and play out.

I'm due to take delivery of my new bike in the next week or so and was wondering about crash bars / protectors.  Anybody fitted them to their bike?  Any advice /comments appreciated.

It can be so exasperating with some of them.....you would think that they would all be within a £ or two the same,  but it just goes to show how much markup they have to play with..

You would think within a few quid of each other, but from the dearest to the cheapest was a smidge over £2,000 - certainly pays to shop about!