Bikers

Hey up,

Any (ex) bikers out there?

Wondering if to get back into bikes again and was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this particular model:- TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE R

Keep seeing a few pop up for sale and wondered if they were ok for a 'nice weather' ride or not.
Was fancying a Duke but silly silly money.

My last bike, a fair few years ago was a tuned up Kwak Z10, that was proper mental.
Certainly don't want a 'plodder' bike.

So what about these 'ere TRIUMPH STREET TRIPLE R's, any good?

Keith

Ermm - funnily enough I've just given up bikes and taken up the Jimny.

Too many c***s out there who don't care who they hit. Maybe I'm getting old but the standard of driving nowadays is just scary.

On a more positive note one of my mates had a Speed Triple. He loved it.

(PS...don't forget to have your Blood Group tattooed on your arm and take out Life Insurance :evil: )

Best wishes,

John

Shagnasty wrote: (PS...don't forget to have your Blood Group tattooed on your arm and take out Life Insurance :evil: )

Best wishes,

John

LoL!
I already have it on my arm and in my wallet.
A cousin of mine had his address tattooed(?) on his leg at the same time I had the blood group done. 2 years later, he moved house, in fact, he moved counties!!!!
Plonker!!

And carry a donor card !

Know what you're saying shagnasty, average car driver doesn't give a toss about bikers. My biking ended before really got started after 6 odd months, dopey woman in a Merc estate turned right straight in front of me from the oncoming lane :woohoo: I ploughed straight into the side of her at 40 as no space to stop :sick: Not been on one since as I was lucky and hit the A post. Couple of inches either way made the difference between going over the bonnet or through the side window and doubt I'd be that lucky twice :blush:

I've always ridden as if all car/bus/lorry/van/Volvo/4x4 drivers are pill ocks and always got away with it for 25 odd years.
It was a frigging dog that got me.
Hence the total knee replacement this January followed by a numb left foot.
It was always safer at the likes of Cadwell/Croft/Brands etc.

But I just fancy a little bit of freedom and fun before I take my pension,
234bhp in a front wheel drive car is nothing to write home about, better than 150 I suppose and the Jimny, when it's running, is a laugh but I do miss 2 wheels.
When I think of the 80+mph blasts on the bike and no need to wear an helmet, LoL!

Reason I was looking at the Triumphs is I don't want or need a super dooper sports million mile an hour racer, I certainly don't want an Harley look-a-likee or Gold Wing type, just an un faired naked simple bike that I can nip up to Cumbria and back for a 'blast'.
Another reason, when you 'ride' a bike properly, it's one of the best ways of keeping fit and toned (as they say) and keeping the flab at bay.
So anyway, been doing a bit of reading up on the triples and they get a good write up, an extremely good all rounder.
Oh, and only £135 insurance! Cracked it.

I had a Volvo XC90 4x4 what does that make me?

Didn't score any motorbikes but got close to getting points for an off duty policeman on a push bike :whistle:

he shot out of a side road without stopping as I was pulling out of the factory gates - his eyes were like organ stops has he sailed past the front bumper - brakes on the volvo were pretty good for two and a half tonnes
he expressed his displeasure with the security guard who politely told him to s*d off