I did have a Sportster 1200cc (as we say here), but just when it started to be a nice bike in it's own juices (5 years) somebody stole it... So I went back to buying second hand bikes that nobody would think stealing (not Rats, I'm not there yet!).

For such trips, the 'Glide is the way but here (in Paris and in a 200km radius, I prefer a japanese 600cc (kid stuff), light, braking well, economical on fuel, and very efficient in heavy traffic...

"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman