John,
your story resonates with mine: from 16 to 60 I rode bikes, there was a bike, sometimes more, in the garage most years.
Then in the late 2000s I became aware that my reactions were not what they were, and I had a couple of very silly falls in car parks, at zero speed when I overbalanced and couldn't stop the fall or move quickly enough. The last time I was trapped with my leg under the bike: no damage but I couldn't move until the bike was lifted off me.
So the bike went and the Roadster replaced it. In 2016, seduced by the beauty of the new Thruxton I bought a 12 month old one, but the sparkle wasn't there and I didn't enjoy it, so it went. I got rid of all my gear so there was no temptation. I look back and smile, but I guess at some point, probably in the next 8 to 12 years the same thing will happen with the Plus 8.
