my first bike in '96 was a fzr400. when i went to look at it to buy it a bird in short shorts pulled up on it & i was in love.
it sounded awsome (like a real bike to me at the time)
then after crashing it on the road a couple of times i booked a track day at snetterton and i knew that this is what bikes were all about. bought the duke & havnt looked back
