A little note on my new toy:
I have been struggling on the bike riding for some time. Just cant seem to get the grove.... get the feel and my riding ability feels like it is going backwards and while I ride every day to work.. riding anywhere else hasnt had any appeal. I have a ZX6 & a ZX9.
That is.. until Bruce arrived.
Now she is not a nice swanky, pretty n sparkly new bike.. far from it. Its a 1988 GPZ500S.
But I am in love..........
I bought her on a whim, I have a thing for chunky and old (bikes & owners I can hear you say)... and I gingerly took her to Peter from Tyres for Bikes and announced.. I have another piece of poo for you. He rolled his eyes and placed his head in his hands. The state my ZX6 was in when I presented her was a bit poor shall we say.
Well to my surpise when we picked her up from her new shoes and going over. Nothing wrong, nothing needed doing!!!
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So I finally took her out on Sunday...... it was like a breath of fresh air. I was immediately comfortable and confident. The twisty roads I normally battle to sit on 60kph on were wizzing past at considerably more .
Now for me this is a huge thing.. I dont call myself Nanna for nothing.
We came down a hill to some lights, with heaps of traffic.. the boy laffed and said.. lane split? This phrase normally puts me into total panic, I just cant do it... but with Bruce.. I smiled and headed straight to the front, and took off with mucho gusto when those lights when green. Giggling the whole way.
So for those that say.. they have found THE BIKE for them.. I can finally understand.
For me its not a nice new shiney bike that will go from zero to a tonne in a blink.... its Bruce.
So hopefully I will be able to get out and about and get onto some nice country rides.
........the hubby better watch out.. there is a new man in my life and I am totally Bezotted.
Now.......... how old does a bike have to be to qualify for Historic??
but it looks to be basically the GPZ500....