- Apr 2, 2021
- Riding Since
- 2005
Hello from North West London, bought a 650R mid last year but only just found this forum. Rode a Suzuki SV650SK3 for 10 years but sold that a while back and had a bike shaped hole in my life. Went in to the dealer to get a second-hand red 650R and saw the black one. Probably a religious topic on this site but after seeing the black one and doing some wild man maths I ended up with a brand new one, per below. She's called Grace.
Those down pipes aren't so shiny now after we've done 2,000 miles together. Super pleased with her, equally happy on motorways and back roads, and ticks the commuter sport bike box for me. I've had a stone through the radiator last month that was expensive to fix, but that was bad luck.
Minor mods so far, all R&G - crash bungs, tail tidy, paddock stand bobbins and (after the stone incident!) a radiator grill. Puig smoked screen is on order (because its damn cold on the motorway at the moment) as is a Puig brake level protector as I'll probably do a track day soon and they're mandatory now.
Good to be here!
Mike
Those down pipes aren't so shiny now after we've done 2,000 miles together. Super pleased with her, equally happy on motorways and back roads, and ticks the commuter sport bike box for me. I've had a stone through the radiator last month that was expensive to fix, but that was bad luck.
Minor mods so far, all R&G - crash bungs, tail tidy, paddock stand bobbins and (after the stone incident!) a radiator grill. Puig smoked screen is on order (because its damn cold on the motorway at the moment) as is a Puig brake level protector as I'll probably do a track day soon and they're mandatory now.
Good to be here!
Mike