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Recently picked this big old girl up.

A total departure for me having never even ridden a tourer and I must confess, it's rather pleasant 🙂

Still love the 'Storm though even if the Teal paint makes it slower than a Harley on one cylinder... 😊

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I feel so much better for baring my soul and confessing...!
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Just worry when he turns up with a can of Lloydie"s special lubrication and a smile!!!
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Those St's are fabulous big birds.
Absolutely loved mine, and yes I would have another if I had the room.
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Pentode wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 1:19 pm
I feel so much better for baring my soul and confessing...!
:lol: :clap:

It looks in great condition,

Chris.
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sirch345 wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 8:25 pm
Pentode wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 1:19 pm
I feel so much better for baring my soul and confessing...!
:lol: :clap:

It looks in great condition,

Chris.
Most kind but believe me, my soul looks like the stains in a stripper's G string......
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sirch345 wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 8:25 pm
Pentode wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 1:19 pm
I feel so much better for baring my soul and confessing...!
:lol: :clap:

It looks in great condition,

Chris.
ST Nice had a rag on one over a weekend when they came out...Shop loan...

Apparently the collector boxes like a good rust so check it...
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MacV2 wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 11:59 am
Apparently the collector boxes like a good rust so check it...
Yes the exhaust's pretty scabby underneath - I suspect a stainless jobbie will be on the cards at some point.
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Pentode wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 9:53 pm
sirch345 wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 8:25 pm
Pentode wrote: Sat May 22, 2021 1:19 pm
I feel so much better for baring my soul and confessing...!
:lol: :clap:

It looks in great condition,

Chris.
Most kind but believe me, my soul looks like the stains in a stripper's G string......
I'll have to take your word on that :wink: :lol:

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christ this has turned into a confession thread :eek2 :lol:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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fabiostar wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 8:33 pm christ this has turned into a confession thread :eek2 :lol:
Yes Rob, see what you started :lol:

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fabiostar wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 8:33 pm christ this has turned into a confession thread :eek2 :lol:
God, it hasn't got one of those rosary dampers on the shock, has it?
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fabiostar wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 8:33 pm christ this has turned into a confession thread :eek2 :lol:
I have to confess that I enjoy riding the big KTM more than the Storm 8O !

it is just so fecking versatile, and it still has a naughty side!
any type of roads, any type of riding, 2 up, solo, luggage......pottering, exploring, making progress, or full on being a tw@t .... its happy with any option.

I did 190 miles last night from Jonesys house, east of Colchester, back to near Worcester. I stayed off motorways, and used as many curvey B roads and A roads as I could, although that brings lots of 30 limits through pretty villages and then the 5pm commuter traffic. The weather threw everything at me form sunshine to biblical deluges, and probably 50% of the riding was on wet roads either during or after the storm clouds had passed. Early in the journey, when the sun was out I was getting too hot, then when the sky went black and the rain & hail was bouncing off the road, and all my goretex layers, although still dry in the inside, were waterlogged on the outside, I was getting cold to the core!

BUT

I was still having an absolute ball riding the bike, throwing it around on some great little roads, laughing as I went through the deer park at Woburn Abbey with all the stags only 10m away, absolutely nailing it on some fast sweepers, the lot.

I guess part of the fun was staying off the motorways and dual carriageways, but I didnt feel wrecked after 4hrs of focused riding, and could have kept going.

its like remembering why I fell in love with motorbikes as a teenager
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Nothing wrong with that Al. Good to hear you’re still enjoying riding at your advanced years! :wink: :lol:
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Kev L wrote: Tue May 25, 2021 8:47 pm Nothing wrong with that Al. Good to hear you’re still enjoying riding at your advanced years! :wink: :lol:
and you grampa :wave:
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Just a mere lad me, 26 (damn this Dyscalculia) :wink:
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