Aging quite well, I suppose....

[Rifleman]

Four yrs ago I was fortunate to find a good deal on a 2006 Bandit 650 which I grabbed and have been riding a bit here and there. When I got the bike, it had 9,000 kms or so....so I needed to break it in before getting comfortable on it, and mistake of all mistakes, I convinced Wendy to come along - she found out she trusts me and liked it. Well, after 5 sets of tires a couple of chain/sprocket sets and a few tanks full of gas, we arrived today at the mileage/kilometerage indicated on the image with the machine still looking reasonably fit. Onwards and upwards.......

[expat]

I had two bikes my youth, then I got married......Still got the licence...........

Matt

[Rifleman]

Compared to Foz, I'm still in my youth.....

[ozzy72]

Compared to Foz there are dinosaurs in the Natural History Museum in their first flush of youth.
I have to say the Bandit is looking rather well. Just be careful at head-gasket swap time. That is a tad fiddly on the Bandit

[Fozzer]

Unfortunately, my pride and joy;

[Rifleman]

Oh Paul, I bet that little blue streak is a joy....I'd never turn down a chance at something that looks like the glory days of my highschool youth.....ride as long as you feel sharp enough to not miss any threats of bodily harm on yourself !
8-)
PS. I hope you had a peep at the video link I left for you....shot on Vancouver island....fun riding in the middle of nowhere...

[Fozzer]

Oh Paul, I bet that little blue streak is a joy....I'd never turn down a chance at something that looks like the glory days of my highschool youth.....ride as long as you feel sharp enough to not miss any threats of bodily harm on yourself !
8-)
PS. I hope you had a peep at the video link I left for you....shot on Vancouver island....fun riding in the middle of nowhere...

I well remember one of my first Bikes (at 16 years of age) was a 1950 Sun Motorcycle, with a 98 cc, 2-speed, Villiers engine, with a maximum speed of 45 MPH....on a good day... ...!




My little Blue Streak Yamaha, above, will now propel me around the County at hypersonic speeds of <77 MPH!.... ...!
..not bad for 98cc, and 12 BHP...and modern (1983) technology!...5-speed, Energy Induction, and Autolube!..

[Rifleman]

Worse problem than deer is the one of bears showing up at the most unreasonable time - what nerve of them to live in the woods, anyway !