LuckyStriker
A good post, IMHO. I have 2 anecdotes:
1. It amuses me to occasionally surf into ukgsers.com and to read the posturing (IMHO) of people as to what the latest gadgets are that they have just hung on their oilhead gs bikes.
2. the other Friday while heading to the Isle of Man TT (via Huddersfield) I was lane splitting in heavy traffic near jtn 7 on the M1 on my beaten up old be-luggaged Transalp, when this matey on a bike shoots up behind me and immediately presses his (puney sounding) horn... I take my time to find a gap to let him past and, quel surpris, it's a pr*ck in a business suit on a r1150 gs adventure, just the same bike for which I'm on pg 30 of the brochure (the Bolivian photoshoot one: and on the pullout poster).
He was in a hurry. No luggage. Probably making mega bucks in da Smoke. Me, I was going on holiday. I smiled, flicked him the bird and continued on my holiday jaunt.
Watching the Ewan McG and Charley Boring's thing on the TV amused me (and brought back unfond memories) of how a big fat overloaded bike is totally unsuitable for overland travel.
See you in Ripley and/or on the road.
ChrisB
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