(except little indian chaps riding 125s in flip flops n baggy shirts!), so looking for somewhere to meet likeminded people and talk bike stuff with em! 
Anyway, she looks superb, rides like a dream and goes like stink! Happy days! 
Roads also very dusty n slippery. Dont know whether the tarmac is different to that in UK, but grip is not quite as dependable here! Soon learnt not to be too heavy on the throttle coming out of bends, especially off roundabouts here, gets the old sphincter twitching a little when you feel the back sliding around when your leaning over. There are mountains nearby with some really cool twisty roads with hairpins all over. Unfortunately drivers here seem to think its just discretionary to keep on your own side the road when negotiating them, so extreme caution is observed when im up there 
Camels wandering all over the place makes life interesting too, not unusual to see them just plonked down in middle of the road without a care in the world, they are without doubt the stupidest creatures on the planet!
and whats the price of fuel like but at the moment I'm very happy with my Firestorm I would imagine you're still running your bike in at the moment 
Bike itself was cheaper than UK to, cost me £5,800 out of the crate. Only downside is its not UK so will need a bit of sorting if i ship it back to UK in couple of years. Had the bike since end of september and so far done 5000km, just love getting out on it when ever i can. 
! I was driving in another desert not a million miles away from you not that long ago. But then i had the benefit of four wheels and armour plating!!
camelman wrote:Thanks Chris,
Motorcycle shops down in salalah v thin on the ground. There is a Honda dealership but only reallly deals in cars. Have just had second service done there and to be honest not that impressed with their bike know how! However only really oil change n clean up so no major dramas. Trouble is they have to service it for the warranty. There are several dealers in Muscat, but thats about 1000km from here. Reckon for any major services/repairs I will get bike transported up to main dealer. Petrol is ridiculously cheap here, works out about 19 pence a litre, or £2.60 to fill the tank, happy days
I can't imagine it 19p a litre, is there no justice left in the world and talking about good prices how about what you paid for your SP2 I think the best price over here is around the £8,000 mark and thats only been recently, they were quite a bit more than that, I would say nearer the £10,000 mark Thats one of the problems with the UK if its at all possible to tax it, then it will be 
