Red Twin Diaries :Shakedown ride

Chapter Two
This is the part where I get a bit nervous about
1. Will it start, and run?
2. What if it's a POS and I just blew all that cash on some pile of
junk?
3. What if I can't ride this thing for one reason or another?
4. And the rest of the list of things you might ask yourself when you
buy a used MC without even riding it first.

Well, dang , it just exceeded any possible expectations I had of it in
every way. Totally. And it took all of about 2 miles of twisty road to
get very comfortable with it's basic characteristics.

Throttle and clutch are smooth easy to manage the giant torque, the
dam bike holds a line like a siberian tiger climbing a styrofoam wall.
Unfkcingreal!
Turn in is very Duc-esque with the usual chunkiness.

Just amazingly smooth for a twin and the frame/suspension plush enough
for a geezer like me.

I'll take it!
But I might install some grip heaters.

Jim S
Ducati 916
BMW R1100RS

On Jan 20, 1:55 pm, Moto-Rama <jimstinn....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chapter Two
> This is the part where I get a bit nervous about
> 1. Will it start, and run?
> 2. What if it's a POS and I just blew all that cash on some  pile of
> junk?
> 3. What if I can't ride this thing for one reason or another?
> 4. And the rest of the list of things you might ask yourself when you
> buy a used MC without even riding it first.
>
> Well, dang , it just exceeded any possible expectations I had of it in
> every way. Totally. And it took all of about 2 miles of twisty road to
> get very comfortable with it's basic characteristics.
>
> Throttle and clutch are smooth easy to manage the giant torque, the
> dam bike holds a line like a siberian tiger climbing a styrofoam wall.
> Unfkcingreal!
> Turn in is very Duc-esque with the usual chunkiness.
>
> Just amazingly smooth for a twin and the frame/suspension plush enough
> for a geezer like me.

For two miles anyway. Better get another set of those Converti-bars
if you intend to go long though.