Hey Critter
Hard to define a real motorcyclist, surely its just someone who enjoys them.
If your looking for my credentials, well, i have owned 57 of them, since i was 14, now 48. I have averaged more than 10,000 miles per year since i was 15. I got married on one. I took 11 months off on honeymoon and travelled around the world on one 33,000 miles. I ride one all year round still. I raced at the Isle of Man TT and at World Superbike. I didnt own a car for the first 8 years of marriage and moved house twice, with a cat in each pannier. I've broken my back three times coming off one. I dont know if any of that makes me a real motorcyclist, but i like the look of the V11 le mans. I will have to ride one to prove i like it, and as has been said i might need two bikes, to add to the other 4 in the garage at the moment....