greengriff
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Afternoon everyone. I love sportsbikes and have owned both an original light crank 2010 S1000RR and a 2014 HP4. I also own an R1200GS a GSXR1000 and a ZX10R. I'm getting a bit old and creaky to ride sportsbikes on the road, so most road miles are on my GS, with my track miles and the odd Sunday ride being done on my sports bikes. I'm based in Wellingborough so have access to some great circuits within only a short drive (Silverstone, Rockingham, Bedford, Donington, Mallory), so I ought to do a lot more trackdays than I do, but that's all my life permits.
Anyway, I might as well use this opportunity to give a thumbs up to the bike people that have been good to me over the years, including Grant at Rad Motorcycles, Chris and others at Wollaston BMW, Liam at Corby Kawasaki. All of them are top blokes and come highly recommended.
Cheers!
Anyway, I might as well use this opportunity to give a thumbs up to the bike people that have been good to me over the years, including Grant at Rad Motorcycles, Chris and others at Wollaston BMW, Liam at Corby Kawasaki. All of them are top blokes and come highly recommended.
Cheers!
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. The last straw for me for long road journeys on sportsbikes was a ride to the west coast Wales in the freezing, p*ssing rain a couple of years back. I'd solidified into a racing crouch by the time I got there and would happily have torched my bike and claimed the insurance to buy a nice little car if I'd thought I could get away with it. Comparing that with long trips on the GS, which are like floating along being massaged by the under 21s Swedish girls' netball team, left me not in the least bit bothered about the extra power and handling of the s1k.
