Thanks for the welcome everyone.
Superdan, I am not far from Newcastle.
Shade, I will post a review type thing for comparison when I have had the test ride - yes, please do the same and we can compare notes. I really do like the Buell, the "Race Kit" part of my first post was a bit of a joke after reading through what some on here say about it ! - does sound lovely though eh ! The height of the SD is worrying me a bit. I sit on the bike and can only get one tip-toe down. There must be something that can be done to lower the ride height without screwing up the handling ?
What is the power delivery like on the 06 (standard) bike ? Only been riding a year and to be honest I'm not that quick a rider (yet). The SD has about 50% more HP than my Buell which does not worry me if the delivery is smooth and predictable but would probably terrify me if it all comes at once ! Do any dealers get on here ? If so can somebody let me know who they are please - I am looking for a good deal on a new 06, not too fussy about the colour.

Cheers Baggieman, The distance to the dealer dont really matter as most will deliver for free (I hope). You are right about my local dealer it is M&S. They have 5 or 6 of last years models sitting in the showroom. Two weeks ago they told me £6900, last week they had gone up to £7300 !! I think I can get an 07 for near that ! Anyway I shall make a few calls to the ones that you and others have mentioned. Still looking for some way to reduce the height - spare me the usual jokes about platform boots etc ! Its hard enough already being a short arse ! I suppose the power delivery just takes some getting used to. I will probably be the slowest SD rider around for the first 1000 miles ! Cheers.