I am a born again biker…got back into biking about 3 years ago after 15 year lay off, am 50 ish going on 20…with a brand new 600 bandit, then got my KH500 working after 20 years in the gargae, then bought a GT750 and a GT550 and three GT380’s and KH 400, then an RGV 250 and an RG 250 a KR-1s and a Kr1…and a bunch of crap chinese pit bikes for my boys to play with…And then…I bought my red 2006 R1…wow…what a bike… I bent all 20 valves at 6000 miles and had to have it rebuilt…hmm not my fault they did it under warranty…put me off it for a while…but
Also got myself a ram 250 quad, crap on the road, great off…
Go-karting is my speed fix or it was until last Monday when I did my first brands hatch day…wow that was fun, now looking for a bike to take onto the track for a bit of cheap easy going racing…think i will start with a 400 or 600 for the track…am on the lookout…
also collect a few military trucks, have a stalwart, fully amphibious 10 ton truck and three zil 131’s and some other toys argocats scott tracks etc etc etc…but biking is my real passion.
Live in Alton hampshire so am a bit out of london but my land (200 acres) is in guildford…
Looking to slowly get more two strokes, but this race bike bug may have got me so we will see
Three kids, a dog, fish in and out, ex wife (dont talk about her) a gardener, DIY, not keen on working on bikes though oh and I do ballroom and latin dance. I swim long and hard…and I generally do a lot of stuff, but when the sun shines I am on my bikes…
yes never been to the Ace Cafe…I do our local one at the railway station Alton…big meet when the suns up, on a Wednesday evening, anything from 200 to 400 bikes on a good day…
All the stuff I mentioned I still have…bought them to play with. The two strokes are mostly rideable and road legal although a few are in a state of repair or rebuild or awaiting rebuild…
ah okay have you been down there before…what you riding. I usually take my GT750 kettle, or one of the other two strokes…dont often go on the R1, as I have to get all my gear on and it is a pain for just a ride of less than a mile…
what Kwaker you got…thinking of getting a 600 or 636 for the track to have a bit of fun…
The R1 is good but too fast and too bloody dangerous with me riding…had three tail slides and one very big high side that threw me up in the air and luckily back onto the bike…close to totaling the thing so will use a less powerful, less expensive toy next time…
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“what Kwaker you got…thinking of getting a 600 or 636 for the track to have a bit of fun…”
Paul,
You could do alot worse than getting a zx7r as track bike, quick enough, real stable platform to learn and great number of Canadian owners on the redmonkey 7r site
that was my first thought a zx7r…and they are cheap…but the 636 gets a great deal of attention…but I guess to be fair the idea of the 7r has me for sure…
Thnaks for the tip as that will likely push me to action…
