I met this nice chap with an old bike today, he was interested in my Nexus so we discussed bikes n stuff, this this other chap came along and said he used to work at GLR in Hoddesdon. I had an instant urge to throttle the guy as they sucked when they took 'care' of my old B125. I some how resisted and he waffled on about how he had tried a X9 500 and found it bad to ride and the engine wasn't much good... any this guy said next year Yamaha... or it could have been Kwaki are bringing out a 1200 twist and go, and that he is waiting to get one of those, due to previous segments of conversation I feel like I don't believe him. If any of you had heard anything about such a thing you would have posted about it... so I guess there's not much point in posting this, but I need to spam to get my post count up

Sounds like you met Walter Mitty, Funky!

Well, Honda do have a 1200 Twist & Go right now! Its the new VFR with the Dual Clutch auto transmission. Two auto modes plus a semi auto mode I think. What other models this gearbox will appear on apart from the forthcoming new Pan Euro is anyone's guess, as is whether it will appear on something more scooter-like, or whether anyone else will copy the transmission.

Maybe that's what he was on about...

You'd have thought that if he worked in the motorcycle industry in some capacity he would have recognised a VFR or Pan European as Hondas.

Don't forget the Yamaha FJ thingy with the auto clutch and shaft drive, the Police in North Wales have a load of them.

That's out already, though.

Again if he was involved in the bike trade, surely he'd know that...wouldn't he?

Well he did work for GLR... notoriously shit but somehow survives, but maybe they got better after he left?