It's clearly a conspiracy. Summer's here, or at least what passes for summer in Scotland - the occasional sunny minute between the rainstorms. My wife is talking about finishing work, with the result that I won't have to drive her in every day. I've been looking in the garage, wondering what to do about clearing things up. Petrol price rises show no sign of slowing down. And my colleague at work has given up the car for the time being for a more convenient mode of transport.
I'm going to have to get back on two wheels. Maybe not the 1 litre bike that's currently languishing in the back of the garage, maybe look for a 250 or 400 cc supermoto or similar (I rate manoeuvrability way beyond top speed, especially with all the cash-generators, sorry, speed cameras around). There used to be some superb models in this range, but now it seems to go from 125's straight to the 750/1 litre sports-tourers without much inbetween. I'm not sure I want something of the weight of the KLV/V-Strom type, but the old Yamaha DT400 would have been ideal.
Perhaps not this year, the finances are not that flexible. But a winter project of fixing up the KLV to make it saleable again, followed by a tour around the local dealers for a used, mid-range bike , may be on the cards.
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