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Hi, I'm Ed-B, I live just outside of Portland Maine, and I just joined this friendly forum.
Like a few other new members I found the TWT site while researching the new Suzuki Bandit 1250, and I was very impressed with the friendly atmosphere here.
I got back back into motorcycling two years ago, and I'm really enjoying it again. I've owned road bikes and dirt bikes, singles: 175's 250's, twins: 350's, 400's, a 380 triple, and some bigger 4 cylinder bikes. I rode a lot in the 70's and 80's but gave it a rest for a few years... like 20.
I've had a few falls over the years, too. In '85 I got spit off a 750 when I hit a frost heave in the crown of a hill, on a back road. The front end went lock-lock, it was a wicked tank slapper, and I crashed it, breaking my collar bone and fracturing five ribs. But stuff happens, and plenty of people get hurt doing other things I guess. Even so, I wasn't as excited about the sport after that crash. So I hung up my helmets, and bought a little Miata sports car. But eventually I started to miss the fun I used to have riding the motorcycles.
Two years ago I bought a used Yamaha XT225 dual sport to ease back into it. I still ride the XT225 when I want to putt around locally, or ride some dirt roads and do a little light trail riding. And it's a great bike in the early Spring when the roads are still a mess up here in Maine. But I ride solo most of the time, so I don't risk crashing in the woods alone. It's a long way out when you're hurt and the bike is broken.
I got a new Suzuki SV650 to get out on the road more, and have the power to keep up in traffic on the highways. That bike is a hoot to ride, and it's excellent on the back roads and secondary highways. But I get fatigued after an hour at freeway speeds, so I want something bigger, that doesn't get blown and bounced around, and has a fairing to block some of the wind. The new 1250 will be good for that, and it's about as big a machine as I'd want to muscle around. What a great motor that thing has! Yeah, it just whooshes along effortlessly. I love those big 4 cylinder bikes.
So I just wanted to make my introduction and tell you a bit about myself before I head off into that Bandit subgroup and hangout there for a while.
If you're up here on the Southern Coast of Maine give a holler, maybe I can show you some of the local scenery and the best motorcycling roads to take you there.
Ed.
Like a few other new members I found the TWT site while researching the new Suzuki Bandit 1250, and I was very impressed with the friendly atmosphere here.
I got back back into motorcycling two years ago, and I'm really enjoying it again. I've owned road bikes and dirt bikes, singles: 175's 250's, twins: 350's, 400's, a 380 triple, and some bigger 4 cylinder bikes. I rode a lot in the 70's and 80's but gave it a rest for a few years... like 20.
I've had a few falls over the years, too. In '85 I got spit off a 750 when I hit a frost heave in the crown of a hill, on a back road. The front end went lock-lock, it was a wicked tank slapper, and I crashed it, breaking my collar bone and fracturing five ribs. But stuff happens, and plenty of people get hurt doing other things I guess. Even so, I wasn't as excited about the sport after that crash. So I hung up my helmets, and bought a little Miata sports car. But eventually I started to miss the fun I used to have riding the motorcycles.
Two years ago I bought a used Yamaha XT225 dual sport to ease back into it. I still ride the XT225 when I want to putt around locally, or ride some dirt roads and do a little light trail riding. And it's a great bike in the early Spring when the roads are still a mess up here in Maine. But I ride solo most of the time, so I don't risk crashing in the woods alone. It's a long way out when you're hurt and the bike is broken.
I got a new Suzuki SV650 to get out on the road more, and have the power to keep up in traffic on the highways. That bike is a hoot to ride, and it's excellent on the back roads and secondary highways. But I get fatigued after an hour at freeway speeds, so I want something bigger, that doesn't get blown and bounced around, and has a fairing to block some of the wind. The new 1250 will be good for that, and it's about as big a machine as I'd want to muscle around. What a great motor that thing has! Yeah, it just whooshes along effortlessly. I love those big 4 cylinder bikes.
So I just wanted to make my introduction and tell you a bit about myself before I head off into that Bandit subgroup and hangout there for a while.
If you're up here on the Southern Coast of Maine give a holler, maybe I can show you some of the local scenery and the best motorcycling roads to take you there.
Ed.
