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Thanks for your thoughts and sentiment. All I can say is that objects don't bring people back, nor do they replace them when they are gone. I have a garage full of his tools, many books and other motoring bits, and many other biking bits, so the R1 would be a waste just standing in the garage and he would not have wanted that. I totally get your process, but having known him for 35 years I won't ever need reminding about his loss! It is impossible to walk into my garage and not see things of his anyway, tool cabinets and loads of other bits.
Leaving the R1 as an unused memorial is not what I want to do; I would rather be out on a bike in his memory and using it regularly. I have long planned buying an FZ1S anyway, so using some of the best bits from his bike is my solution. Nothing can bring him back sadly, but using some of his gear and a few parts on my bike is as good a memorial as I can manage.
Thanks again for your kind thoughts.