Thanks, folks, interesting comments.
405 miles in, I love it! Having had V4 Hondas before, I really wanted this bike when I bought the GS 2½ years ago, but also it was no more than a concept then, Honda weren’t actually building it. Now it exists, I test rode it, the Triumph Explorer and the twin cam boxer. The 1200 V4 is a simply stunning engine, so smooth and powerful (although as bod says, it’s probably got more than enough power for UK roads). All in all, the riding position is subtly different to the GS (slightly higher pegs, slightly narrower bars) but you can see where Honda was aiming the bike. As someone whose idea of “off road” is parking in the field at Oliver’s Mount top watch racing this past weekend, it suits me fine, thank you. And the indicators don’t turn themselves off half way round a roundabout………..
The high screen is not great, the airflow from it just about knocks my head off, so the ordinary screen has gone back on – but there’s a small change to the mounts which apparently makes the bigger screen work OK without the buffeting, so that’s a job for later in the week.
thats a BIG screen 
V4's on the other hand.........
