Ambling around

Actually this is a trike isnt it... spotted this guy on my way to pick up the VFR (yes its here!). I was intending to get a pic of the guy and his pile of stuff but when I pointed the camera all I got was a pile of stuff - I think his load is taller than he is himself.

Anyway enough about that, I have much more important things to discuss today. The VFR is finally here! So far I've only spent a grand total of 20km riding on it so I'll just say what I can for now.
It's old... 20 years old now in fact and it shows a lot more than in the online auction photo. But that's what I expected and considering 20 years I think it's in pretty good shape.
It started first time - and second time - and third time, since I had a bit of trouble keeping it going. The choke didn't really seem to do much so I kept the throttle on for a bit. It sounds really nice All seemed well so I went out onto the road, then a few hundred metres later I pulled over to adjust the clutch friction point. While I was doing that the engine just stopped and couldn't be started again, and what was worse the battery seemed to be failing so fast that it seemed like it would be gone in no time. My wife had taken me to the depot and was there on her bike, she suggested I push start it. This didn't make sense to me since the engine should have been turning enough to fire via the starter motor, it just didn't want to run. After only a couple hundred metres of riding, there I was thinking shit I have gone and bought a dud online... that will teach me.
So I gave up and pushed the bike up onto the footpath to look for somewhere to park it since I had skipped work to go pick it up and had to be getting back. While I was pushing, I thought I might as well give it a try so I gave it a half-hearted bump, at barely more than walking speed.... and it started. Now why would it make any difference whether the starter was turning the engine, or the chain was turning the engine? Hmm, unless the starter was not actually turning anything.
Anyway no problems since then. Strangely so far it seems to start better if it hasn't been run for a while. I took it for a ride again after work for a bit, to 'Ricoland' to order a regulator for it since they are infamous for failing, from what I've read on the net. However they said they can't even order them in (this is what I was saying about Ricoland not being a 'real' repair shop).

So the bike itself, well the brakes feel too stiff, and while still having lots of tread, the tire rubber feels a bit too hard for my liking. I think these will both need to be replaced pretty soon. Everything else seems ok so far.
The best thing about this bike is obviously the engine sound. I feel like I'm on a little V-Max. It's also a nice change to be high in the rpm range more of the time, almost like the hornet actually. The powerband is quite odd - I'm used to the no-surprises powerband of my other two bikes but this one has more character. The first 5k rpm is kinda 'taking it easy' mode, followed by a very flat spot at 6k where I kept thinking something was wrong. The last mode, from 7k onwards, is 'go' mode, where the bike wakes up and says "ohhh... you want to go fast now? ok!"
Until I noticed this mode (riding the FJ1200 I hardly get above 5k) I was wondering where the stated 59hp was, but now I would say it's all there. In 'go' mode 100kph comes up mighty fast... uhh yeah I really need to get the brakes sorted. One thing that is a bit annoying is, just when I'm having fun this little red light on the dash comes on, and I keep thinking something is kaput but it doesn't seem so. The label under the light says 'Speed', whatever that's supposed to mean
So, can you tell my original plan of trying to keep the km's low on this bike is not going to work out?