Scotty
Morning all,
a few quick word to say hello, then I'd better get back to work...
After 30 years of sportsbikes (beginning with a Harris Magnum that I built and culminating with a ZX-10R that I had for eleven years) I've come to the conclusion that a litre sportsbike is somewhat irrelevant on today's roads, encouraging you to behave like a total eejit, and I'm not 20 any more so old injuries start to hurt after the high-intensity battering that a ZX dishes out.
I first rode a SD in 2007 and thought it was amazing, but at the time it would have been "a nice 2nd bike to have" (ignoring the fact that I already had a track bike and an off-roader too). A recent ride on the ZX brought things into focus and I decided to get myself a long-overdue SD. I recalled seeing Klinck's SDR advertised on TrackDay Riders so I dropped him a line - the day after he'd sold it Gah! Undeterred, I started searching around and located a tidy 09 plate SD fairly locally in Shrivenham, made contact with the seller, went to see it and brought it home in the van...
I love riding it, the PCiii and Akrapovic pipes have smoothed out some of the low-speed and part-throttle issues that I've read about on here, but I don't know if the seller sold me the nail that was in the back tyre or whether I picked it up on the first ride... A few questions have come to mind that I'll ask on one of the other slates in due course. It is a hoot to ride, despite being TOO LOUD, and I've gone from being encouraged to ride like an eejit to being urged to ride like a hooligan instead. Rock and roll...
See y'all soon, maybe at the Cadwell Crashfest in August (albeit not on the SD)
a few quick word to say hello, then I'd better get back to work...
After 30 years of sportsbikes (beginning with a Harris Magnum that I built and culminating with a ZX-10R that I had for eleven years) I've come to the conclusion that a litre sportsbike is somewhat irrelevant on today's roads, encouraging you to behave like a total eejit, and I'm not 20 any more so old injuries start to hurt after the high-intensity battering that a ZX dishes out.
I first rode a SD in 2007 and thought it was amazing, but at the time it would have been "a nice 2nd bike to have" (ignoring the fact that I already had a track bike and an off-roader too). A recent ride on the ZX brought things into focus and I decided to get myself a long-overdue SD. I recalled seeing Klinck's SDR advertised on TrackDay Riders so I dropped him a line - the day after he'd sold it Gah! Undeterred, I started searching around and located a tidy 09 plate SD fairly locally in Shrivenham, made contact with the seller, went to see it and brought it home in the van...
I love riding it, the PCiii and Akrapovic pipes have smoothed out some of the low-speed and part-throttle issues that I've read about on here, but I don't know if the seller sold me the nail that was in the back tyre or whether I picked it up on the first ride... A few questions have come to mind that I'll ask on one of the other slates in due course. It is a hoot to ride, despite being TOO LOUD, and I've gone from being encouraged to ride like an eejit to being urged to ride like a hooligan instead. Rock and roll...
See y'all soon, maybe at the Cadwell Crashfest in August (albeit not on the SD)