Have I got a bell on it.. well, no.. I don't think so. I hope there's a horn but I spent too much time looking where I was going while keeping an eye on the digital speedo (I've finally gone glass cockpit!) to notice
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It's surprising just how fast 60 minutes goes when you're having fun
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Were it not for me looking completely ridiculous (middle aged spread and all) on Eddies pushbike (though pushbike is hardly a term to call that piece of art), I'd be more than happy to be seen on it. I love things with great form and our Eddies bike has that in bucket loads
SWMBO asked what colour it was and I said they do/did them in yellow, black, red or blue and she said.. You're not bringing a yellow bike here!
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No.. said I.. I'm having a black one. I like black even though it shows the dirt too easy and loved the ZX9 in black. My leathers are black, my lid is black and my textiles are also black which just about sums my general state of mind
The exhaust is a real peach though it has to be said, can probably be heard some way off with the engine on full chat. SWMBO heard me coming down the road and wondered what the hell it was
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A downside is that those fine chaps manning the thin blue line have equally astute hearing so I can see myself swapping it for the standard can. As it is, I've not yet heard the engine.. all you can hear is the noise akin to having a Sopwith Camel sat right behind you
It'll be nice in my latter years to be 'Flying the flag' and there's little more British than Triumph. I'd toyed with the idea of going for a Thruxton but having read up on it, decided I wasn't quite ready to roll over and become a pedestrian (Eddie would probably.. has probably overtaken many a Thruxton on his space bike!)
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BTW.. if anyone has a few bob for a chain and sprocket kit and new front brake calipers.. the ZX9 is available to a good home. Tires are in good nick.. it's taxed to 06/10 and has at least 6months left on the MOT
ATB
DaveB
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