Thanks for the advice guys - the 998s was out of my reach financially but I have eventually settled on a Y reg 996s from P&H Crawley .. the termis + originals / ohlins / carbon bits / new pirelli diablos / 12 month warranty / free 4 hour advanced rider training was more temptation than I could bear! Only downside is that I have to wait until 7th August before I can pick it up - bloody hell, what am I going to do until then? Start smoking again, that's what.