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Wowzers... Just made a mess in me trousers!
Pete:
;D
So, new member intro as requested.
Back in the day some time in my 20's I hooned around on A Kawasaki Z550GT that I'd stripped out and put GPZ pistons, cams, head etc etc in. Went OK, but eventually it consumed it's self through abuse, and I retired from 2 wheels having a company car with "free" fuel so that was the nail in the coffin.
Jump forward 3 to 4 decades and the state of "forced" semi retirement from our Gym Equipment business, the clutch failing on my van, and various other coincidences, and getting a bike again made plenty sense.
As it happened a low mileage 2010 K1300R popped up on FB Market place only about 25 miles away.
Loved the look so did some research and apart from the immense power, all I was seeing was massive praise. I had to have it!
Somewhat hesitant about such a "beast" but shaft drive, anti skid, ABS, "special" electrickery suspension, and rear/front linked brakes. I felt there was plenty of safety stuff to keep me from doing anything too schtoopid.
A quick clearout of the garage and a trip to the trader. No test ride, just "take my money" and "when can you deliver?" Followed by some new kit shopping on the way home!
The rest, as the saying goes is history.
It took me several days to pluck up the courage to try riding a bike again, and when I wobbled up the road with erratic clutch control and no gear/rev "matching", and extreme wobbliness caused by the mini-fairing and displays not turning with the handle bars, I wondered what I was doing!
Just went for a 100 mile wonder and soon found that the windy buffeting made it supremely simple to actually stay within the speed limit.
No frantic caged psycho-best trying to kill me, more of a gentle BullMastiff with muscle and attitude but hidden behind the gentle nurturing and extremely protective personality.
Every time I have taken the beauty out "for a walk" everything just gets easier and easier. Nearly there on blipping to rev match for down shifts, and it's all coming together so sweetly.
I am Sooooooo glad I didn't wimp out of getting such a magnificent beast by way of fear of the unknown "power".
I have yet to venture further up the power band to the dark side where the wild stallions lurk, quite happy plodding around in 6th at the speed limit and getting an average of 55mpg !
p.s. Either I'm colour blind or what is described as the colour "black" or "grey" to my eyes seems to be more of a dark green. Oh, and nearly forgot, the speedshift is a thing of magical wonderment!
;D
black-k1:
Hello and welcome. it's a nice bike to get back into biking with.
raesewell:
Welcome in, we have an event that's not a million miles from you next week, but if you are still a bit wobbly it might not be for you or it could get you back in the groove take a look, https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=5288.0
Matt:
Welcome Pete. And welcome back to the fold!
It's nice to know that we can use as much of the throttle as we decide, using more mature brain power! :)
I always loved the R, but didn't even know it existed until I came here some time after getting my first K1300S.
Don't forget to give BMW lots of money to check it over at some stage too! There are one or two of our lot down your way who will know if you've got a decent local lot i'm sure.
Lastly before I go back to freezing, have you considered some fun time training to avoid falling into any cliche statistics? I can say the CSS used to be good, and also for some proper learning, the BMW Offroad Skills weekends in Wales are awesome! I suppose those are at both extremes of our usage of the things. Fast and slow. Then we got the IAM and RoSPA stuff which I keep meaning to have a go at!
Pete:
--- Quote from: raesewell on May 28, 2024, 03:14:36 pm ---Welcome in, we have an event that's not a million miles from you next week, but if you are still a bit wobbly it might not be for you or it could get you back in the groove take a look, https://eurokclub.bike/index.php?topic=5288.0
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Thanks Rae.
I'm not up to "finding the edge" of traction just yet.
I'd not want to be either enticed into exceeding my current capabillities by keeping up with far more in-tune riders, nor be the tortoise slowing down the fun, and I know I'd be sucked into the first option. ;)
I'll wait until I have a few more miles in my pocket.
Looks great though.
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