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Similar to me last year, 20 years of pushbikes with the odd scooter or lightweight holiday hire. I settled on a Moto Guzzi v7, low centre of gravity and shaft drive. It might be a little low for you so if your looking at adventure bikes and want a shaft, take a look at the v85tt. Italian made on the shores of lake como so you still get to be a pretentious prick slagging off all the mass produced Far Eastern built stuff (which includes Triumph these days).
My neighbour recently sold an FJR1300, I nearly bought it but it was just too heavy for the commute.
Ramsaye
paid a visit to bristol superbike warehouse today sat on a few bikes.
multistrada seemed very high saddle-wise, gs1200 seemed nicely sized and practical, zzr1400 too long and low for a person of my age, i've come to the realisation that touring on that would be a pain, literally, new fave though was the yamaha fjr1300, nice comfy position for longer distances, decent engine and shaft drive
having only ridden pushbikes for the last 20 years the weight and size of a motorbike is a bit daunting, they seem so cumbersome and unwieldy, refresher course is a must i think to reacquaint myself with riding