Hello all, I'm brand new to this site ... and hooked !

I've only been riding 6 years (rode my first motorbike on day 1 of my 4 day direct access course, aged 35). Having passed I went and bought my first and only bike - a brand spanking 1999 CBR600FX. Was bitten badly by the biking bug and have put on 82,000 miles in those 6 years.

Took my bike into europe for 1st time last year to attend a wedding in Hungary - then back again this summer for a 4 week, 6500 mile tour of Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. Best 4 weeks of my life and now I'm in the earliest stages of planning my round the world trip. Thats how i happened across this website.

I know most RTW trips are not done on sports bikes. But I've "bonded" with my CBR and have no experience of upright, offroad style
bikes. I'm also a bit of a speed freak and am happy cruisin the autobahns at 130mph for hours at a time, chasing the occasional Aston Martin down at 150mph etc etc (if anyone was in europe this summer and came across a guy with stick on doggy ears, riding in t-shirt and carrying rucksack - no hard or soft luggage - that would've been me).

I'd really like your thoughts on my idea of taking the CBR round the world. Will it severely limit where i can get too and getting to the most spectacular sights ? Will I have to rule out certain countries because of road conditions (or lack of them) ?

Be really interested to hear your opinions / any advice.

Thanks
Peter