Dellis
Registered user
Well the infatuation lasted for 9 months.
I normally keep bikes for years and this thing was holy sheeeeet fast which, as you might imagine is very intoxicating.
It can also bimble along very efficiently and pleasantly but when I wasn't using the opportunities afforded by the vast performance reserves I always felt as if I should be doing so.
It's as much about me and my character flaws in that quite a lot of the time I just want to get on with my ride without the perceived (to me) pressure to chase every miscreant that fancied having a crack and in addition I had a shopping list of stuff to turn the bike into a sort of monster minimalist sports tourer before I woke up to the reality that I really don't want or need that sorta pressure any more, I just like using a decent bike to enjoy my little adventures.
It's fair to say I've had a bit of a mental tussle (first world problem I know) and the end result is that my TC ADV stays (brilliant bike IMHO) and the Katoom goes to be replaced by a light, middleweight, lower powered, more stress free, fun, solo oriented sports tourer Tracer 700.
I'm glad I had a crack it was a blast but time to move on.
I know what you mean about temptation but I just can't imaging getting rid of my Superduke, if I only ever rode solo I'd only own one modern bike and this would be it
Dave