Welcome WTL, good post. This week I have had my first ride on a bike for 23 years - knee injury at work and ongoing issues stopped me riding. After quite a few operations on my left knee I decided that now it is as good as it is ever going to be so if I wanted to try riding again now was the time to do so. On this basis I treated myself to a Hypermotard 1100 Evo back in May but due to it being winter here with a lot of rain it took me 4 months to go out on it. Had a short cruise around the Adelaide Hills and quickly realised I am a bit rusty to say the least BUT I did enjoy the feeling of freedom you seem to get on a bike. As for the knee ...... it wasn't 100% happy I have to admit, and was letting me know so, but will see how it goes when I have had a few more outings.
i had one of them (the car). and predictably to my friends, still have those little red rear side-marker lights new, plus a bonnet badge.
Life's been good.. There goes the neighbourhood.. and a Diary, yep, looks like you could be "The Confessor"
Chin up mucker, Aldi have their own version in the middle aisle I saw yesterday. Or there's also Waitrose's own version...
Look good weather or bad none of us are going anywhere at the moment without fuel! The TR5 pic? I rolled my TR4, then got a Triumph 2000 and the back axle went, so bought a CB250G5 (ah electric shocks to the LH knee off the HT lead in the wet) and here I am just having bought a 999 Biposto; not going anywhere as I used the fuel reserve riding around trying to find fuel.
CJ250T..my first new bike. Got it from Rye's of Fulham in 1977, in yellow. It must have had an effect, because years (lots of 'em) later, when I saw the 900SS that I now own - also in yellow - it was the colour that clinched the deal. I always used to laff when people used to drone on about how sweetly the 400/4 handled, 'cos the cycle parts were exactly the same as on the CJ twins, which no-one (correctly) ever used to praise... Having said that, it wasn't too bad....just not great. It was an Italian bike (Guzzi) that learned me what a motorbike is supposed to handle like.... Interestingly, I was out yesterday taking advantage of the relatively clement weather to get the 950 run in before the winter sets in. Went out and did 100-odd miles on it, bimbling around Stratford, Henley, Redditch, the Vale of Evesham, Stow, Moreton, etc... Then came back and did 50 miles on the 900SS, 'cos didn't want the old girl to feel neglected (and the battery needed a good charge and wanted to fill up with Esso Supreme - I hope it's still zero ethanol - before laying her up). Now, 2 bikes 19 years apart....the 900 has got an Andreani fork kit and a Nitron shock...and the 950 is the S version with the Ohlins....but not really a massive difference. Just shows geometry will out. But both bikes still make me smile like an idiot when I'm riding them.....and that's what it's all about, for me.
That’s what it’s all about. The grin factor! Defies definition, has no measure but yes. CJ250t in yellow. Memories, my then girlfriend had one. Bike zero grin factor, her on the other hand…..
