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hi Wolf..
glad you mentioned the Cee Bailey..I have ordered their tallest, widest ultra tour screen..I am a 6'3" chap and already have a tall aftermarket screen fitted (was purchased like this), which is still causing my head to vibrate at motorway speeds +...most unpleasant....reviews of the Cee Bailey suggests it will be a fix..fingers crossed!!
The seat, I can live with for now tbh...it is good for the regular 130 mile trips to visit the other half in West Yorkshire every other weekend..Dunno if I am barking up the wrong tree, but the bike has 2" risers fitted, which I think is actually altering the riding position to the extent that I sit too upright, and my butt slides forwards because my hips are not properly positioned...first stop is to take the risers off and see if this makes a difference.
All in all, I have had it for 2 weeks and it is a major step up from the bandits..I love it as it is, but with a few tweaks, it is going to be around for a good while, me thinks.
Cheer for the reply. :D

Hi people, Allan from Meriden here...After many happy years riding baby bandits, my brother started a cube war by buying a cb1300...not to be out done, I ran down the local kestrel dealer, who had a fine looking gtr 14 in the window. I tried it, loved the thing, so bought it. there are a few niggly little things to iron out, but the pure starship proportions and brute force behind the motor compensates amply for whatever it was my wife said I was compensating for....Mine is now officially bigger than my big brothers, which, for now, pleases me.   

looked on a few American sites for stuff I will need, before finding this place, so hopefully, I can get advice somewhere on how I should be getting the low range throttle snatch under control (seemed to have sorted it to a large extent by tightening the throttle cable up all the way, but would like to see if there is a mapping solution somewhere, seeing as there is next to no adjustment left) Also need advice on a big screen and better seat...why oh why do they make them slope towards the tank so my testicles tuck up under my arse when I brake, and necessitates the use my mighty forearms to keep me back from the tank over long distances? I can put up with the Mrs cramming her bits into me as I brake, (it is as close as we have been for years), but it needs sorting, because it hurts my elbows/nuts and she moans a lot..not because she is pleased, but because with the on off throttle response, she keeps head butting the back of my lid and sliding around like my 3 year old on a helter skelter.
Anyways..nice to be here, here's to a long relationship with her, and the Mrs.