Another Hello
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:52 pm
Hi there. I'm Nigel from West Midlands (near Worcester) UK.
Just bought my first V-Twin today, a 1999 red 'F' series VTR Firestorm. Got a few miles on it, but has been really well maintained with heaps of service history and runs well, and quiet. No CCT issues!
I used to bike ride (bicycle) 100 mile round trips on a weekend just for fun. I guess the natural progression was to motorcycles. When I was 16, I would ogle BSA Thunderbolts in the police barracks. I bought a CB 175 (gold/white) in 1970, and later traded up to a red CB 750 K1 in 1971. Took to racing that in 1972. Bored out to 820 using CB 350 pistons, running on Methanol (before it was a nightclub favourite) factory aluminium tank and twin discs - which only factory bikes had at the time. Also reduced front wheel from 19" to 18 with both rims alloy Boranni.
Sold the lot to enter the arena of marriage and family and had nothing until 1984 when I bought a new VF 750. Had that for a while until divorce took everything except a kettle and a pair of worn Adidas.
Had crap runabouts for a while - the likes of Kawasaki 250 single four stroke, but didn't re-enter scene until April last year when I bought a second-hand CBR250R. That served to rekindle the flame, and 6 months later, in October last year, I bought a 2011 Blade. Have been on a bit of a buying spree since, but rather than be seen to be bragging or big-noting, I might mention some of these in future posts.
I am active on a couple of biking forums and look forward to generous participation. Will do the mandatory pics tomorrow, but leave this crap one for now.
Just bought my first V-Twin today, a 1999 red 'F' series VTR Firestorm. Got a few miles on it, but has been really well maintained with heaps of service history and runs well, and quiet. No CCT issues!
I used to bike ride (bicycle) 100 mile round trips on a weekend just for fun. I guess the natural progression was to motorcycles. When I was 16, I would ogle BSA Thunderbolts in the police barracks. I bought a CB 175 (gold/white) in 1970, and later traded up to a red CB 750 K1 in 1971. Took to racing that in 1972. Bored out to 820 using CB 350 pistons, running on Methanol (before it was a nightclub favourite) factory aluminium tank and twin discs - which only factory bikes had at the time. Also reduced front wheel from 19" to 18 with both rims alloy Boranni.
Sold the lot to enter the arena of marriage and family and had nothing until 1984 when I bought a new VF 750. Had that for a while until divorce took everything except a kettle and a pair of worn Adidas.
Had crap runabouts for a while - the likes of Kawasaki 250 single four stroke, but didn't re-enter scene until April last year when I bought a second-hand CBR250R. That served to rekindle the flame, and 6 months later, in October last year, I bought a 2011 Blade. Have been on a bit of a buying spree since, but rather than be seen to be bragging or big-noting, I might mention some of these in future posts.
I am active on a couple of biking forums and look forward to generous participation. Will do the mandatory pics tomorrow, but leave this crap one for now.
the sad thing is I am old enough to remember, I've just got a sh1t memory 
. Worse thing is a guy I know has one.
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