Geordietraveller
Registered user
Hello All! - just thought I'd introduce myself on the (almost) eve of delivery day.
The GS12 is at the dealer now and SHOULD be ready to pick up on Friday.......
Now I have come to terms with parting with the best part of 10 grand for a bike:cockeye , I find myself in a position where I have to come terms with the fact that I am getting rid of a bike I have thoroughly enjoyed for 2 1/2 years. My head has decided it's the right thing to do but my heart still belongs to the Blackbird.
The way I've been using the 'bird just didn't justify keeping it - commuting, afternoon / weekend b-road blasts and touring (mainly) the West of Scotland on either heavily policed or narrow bumpy lanes doesn't really fit the 'bird's design brief but it's still a hell of a bike. I'm all for 'making progress' but I found more and more that the opportunities to use 160bhp just don't appear often enough to justify the day to day inconveniences of a 'Hyperbike'
I took the GS out for 2 test rides - first one was so windy I 50p'd all the bends just trying to hold on but the second really made me feel like I could cover the ground quicker and in a lot more comfort on a GS (which was a shock).
I've read with interest posts from people who have either changed from sportsbikes or have both so what I want to know is - I'm over doing 120+ everywhere but will I still be able to lose sportsbikes in the twisties and will I ever get used to losing 2 cylinders and having this thing called 'vibration'? (whatever that is!)
Let the piss taking commence.
Si
The GS12 is at the dealer now and SHOULD be ready to pick up on Friday.......
Now I have come to terms with parting with the best part of 10 grand for a bike:cockeye , I find myself in a position where I have to come terms with the fact that I am getting rid of a bike I have thoroughly enjoyed for 2 1/2 years. My head has decided it's the right thing to do but my heart still belongs to the Blackbird.
The way I've been using the 'bird just didn't justify keeping it - commuting, afternoon / weekend b-road blasts and touring (mainly) the West of Scotland on either heavily policed or narrow bumpy lanes doesn't really fit the 'bird's design brief but it's still a hell of a bike. I'm all for 'making progress' but I found more and more that the opportunities to use 160bhp just don't appear often enough to justify the day to day inconveniences of a 'Hyperbike'
I took the GS out for 2 test rides - first one was so windy I 50p'd all the bends just trying to hold on but the second really made me feel like I could cover the ground quicker and in a lot more comfort on a GS (which was a shock).
I've read with interest posts from people who have either changed from sportsbikes or have both so what I want to know is - I'm over doing 120+ everywhere but will I still be able to lose sportsbikes in the twisties and will I ever get used to losing 2 cylinders and having this thing called 'vibration'? (whatever that is!)
Let the piss taking commence.
Si