Miles:
Riding the Dark Side is nothing more than mind over matter! With your accumulated riding skills the subtle handling difference between the M/T and C/T should be easily overcome. Make sure that you scrub in your new C/T and find the "sweep spot" on air pressure which best suits you and you will be "Golden". There are no shortage of folks who have accumulated considerable safe mileage on a C/T without incident, myself included.
Wishing you a safe and enjoyable C/T experience.
Regards
Bob