Sound advice there form Ses and ID. He is welcome to come out with our group rides, we go briskly without going completely mad. Invite is open to you too bud, it would be good to hook up again.
Wish my Dad had bought me a bike too!
Check out TT07’s 10 year review of his GSXR600. I rode that recently and it is a cracking bike
https://www.bikemeet.net/forums/topic/1999-gsxr600-8-year-test/