| You know, as my long suffering riding chums will witness, I've been wittering on about getting a more sporty bike (eventually) that I can put in the garage (eventually - when I get a garage) beside the ST. The ST would still be my all weathers, touring/rideout/do-it-all bike, the more sporty something else would be for warm sunny days, mainly road riding but some trackdays. One that I could keep as a special bike to fettle, polish and treat to bits of bling.
I've posted on this board before that yes, I could go down the 998 or 999 road, but because I always like to be different, there's always something that draws me back to the notion of getting an SS and spending the extra dosh that a 999 would've cost on bits to make the SS put out about 100bhp and weigh about 160Kg. That sort of bike with big punchy V-twin torque would make a just about perfect bike for the road I reckon. Wouldn't be out of touch on most trackdays either. Blooo Duke is pretty damn close |