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Nice little run
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Got up early, left at 8am and went up for a run round the Elan valley.
Got home after having done 160 miles about half an hour ago.
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Heh, I did a run this morning, out of London, up to Aylesbury, did a 'FOT,
back up to Marlow and then home. 2 hrs 10 mins, and 127 miles. [1]
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Heh. Even 40mph was too quick in places - fecking sheep asleep in the
middle of the road.
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I had a nice little run yesterday. Left at 7am, got home at ten to
midnight. :)
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Reminded me why I still have a bike. It doesn't get used as much as it
should, but on days like this I'm glad I've kept it.
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On Saturday morning, I went down the road to the Black Forest with six
Germans. I discovered that I'm not quite as bad a rider as I thought I
might be but (a) I have a lot to learn about twisty roads and (b) I
don't think a Pan is quite the thing for the conditions.
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The 10R reminded me why I like riding bikes.
Although I loved the sound of the daytona, it didn't quite click with
me. In hindsight, the biggest clue is the aimless ride. It's the Sunday
trip out to nowhere in particular or the evening bimble, the whole
purpose is to ride the bike. After a while of owning the daytona the
aimless rides got shorter and shorter, until I didn't go out on it
unless I had a purpose to.
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Actually, I've never been good at "aimless rides". No matter how nice
a day it is, and how much I want to ride the bike, I still need there
to be a 'reason' to go out. The reason can be as flimsy as you like,
but a destination is required.
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I'm pretty much the same, though I'm still immature enough to go for
the odd short blast to the nearest roundabout if I think the
traffic'll be light enough.
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How strange. I've always been quite the opposite - the feeling of just
getting on the bike and heading off in whatever direction felt right
was always an integral part of the attraction for me.
And this was always especially so on a Sunday morning, when I could
just take all day to go nowhere in particular.
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I would say you where searching out some nice bends. That's what I tend
to do.
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On an aimless ride I'll set a general direction, then make decisions as
I get to certain junctions. There might be a destination, such as rivvy
barn, but the route to get there will be what takes my fancy.
I was finding with the daytona, at the low point, that I'd get about 10
miles out and then find myself turning back thinking there was other
stuff I could be doing.
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All that's changed back now. I had wondered why I still had the bike
when I was using it so little. I'm so glad that I swapped it, instead
of getting rid of it.
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That's precisely how I felt with the Blackbird. I'm glad I got the GSXR.
[1] Although I did notice on the way back that the roads seemed a lot
bumpier, or rather, my mirros and fairing seemed to be feeling the bumps. A
quic check back home revealed that the lower fairing brace/headstock bolt
was missing, and the top one was just about to fall out.
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Hmmmm, I think I've been going through that.
I've owned the VFR for longer than I've ever owned any other bike and
done around 15k miles on it now - mileage has been dropping yearly.
Maybe I need a change, but I can't think of what I'd change it for.
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A harley.
Or a nice little mini.
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Took a few quick snapshots whilst I was out:
Rode for miles without seeing any other traffic.
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