" (Presuming of course only the pictures interest you; yawning through the rest)"
On the contrary, you've pretty much nailed it, excluding the pictures of course, so I have little to add/comment on.
As to the pictures: The Cat I have known a long time and I love her dearly. The bike is entirely wrong for me personally. The bike is entirely fake, it looks like an old Indian but fails to make the grade. This makes it perfect to use here since the bike user won't get far without a license plate, the exhaust tips will scrape and bruise unsuspecting legs in the summer, the bike won't turn at high speed, the engine vibration will render it's rider sterile, and the Ape Hanger will wear out the user prematurely; exactly what happened to so many no longer among us. For something to personify Steemit as we would like it to be, we'd need something like a Honda Goldwing for long distance cruising.
"if even only in the Wings"
Even the older Goldwings are superior long distance cruisers, AND, there is comfortable room for a passenger which is very important to me these days. The picture of the lone Cowboy riding off into the sunset is overrated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Gold_Wing
Has it got semi-active suspension? And does it come in DCT? 24 Litres? 16 buttons?
It can even be supplied with a reverse gear; a motorcycle first perhaps?
24 Liters of what? Fuel? Holding tank? Engine displacement?
16 Buttons will not be a problem.
Oh cripes, you will be precise won't you! Now I am going to have to dig up that video on the Africa Twin Honda bike again....
You mean like this one? The only drawback is lack of cargo room, but very good bikes indeed.
You forgot to mention that there is no comfortable lounging for your passenger.
Very true, but this type of riding is not really suitable for taking passengers anyway.
I was hoping my partner might manage to ride on his own: he might even be able to find a matching pair of wheels amongst one of the six variants of the Africa Twin.
The front wheel on one of these is always larger than the rear wheel, unless you are speaking of me getting 2 matching bikes.
I was planning to travel mid-weight: carrying only me, myself, and I.
Planning a vacation?
Honda Gold Wing
The Honda Gold Wing is a series of touring motorcycles manufactured by Honda. Gold Wings feature shaft drive, and a flat engine. Introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1974, the Gold Wing went on to become a popular model in North America, Western Europe and Australia, as well as Japan.
Such a great accomplishment that you can quote wikipedia so we don't have to.
Hard to imagine that Steemit lets a bot build rep on nothing but quoting wikitext. Shall we flag it?
Nah, we'll leave them to their own karma.