stu72 wrote:Thanks for all the welcomes everyone, and thanks for the advice about taking it steady.
I know I could have chosen something a bit easier to get experience on but I am not planning on going mad to start with. I am enjoying getting to know the bike and gaining a little bit more confidence every time I take her out.
You are right: There is certainly plenty of grunt there!
I live in Kesgrave, near Ipswich. Anyone local?
Welcome aboard Stu
The Firestorm can appear to be a laid-back type of bike, but trust me it can still catch you out if you get carried away with the throttle, so take sometime in learning this new big bike.
It's not only gaining experience with a big bike that takes time, it's also a new big learning curve in reading the road, and other drivers/users, it's almost like a 6th sense you gain over the years. Even then the most experienced rider can still be caught out, so do take care.
When driving a car etc you have a certain amount of protection around you. On a bike this is no longer there as no doubt you've realised, so this means you need to be that much more alert and anticipate what other road users are doing or likely to be doing long before you get close to them.
Take care out there and enjoy your new adventure,
Chris.
