Now that's what I call a loan bike!

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I thought it was a CPU fault, but apparently it's throttle-related again :(

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Man-of-Mystery wrote:I haven't posted this under Boxerpix, because it's not a Boxer, but...

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Somebody at John Clark Tayside must like me, because they loaned me this for a couple of days while my Boxer is in for some routine gubbins.

"Power-to-weight ratio" would have some relevance if this thing had any weight - in fact it's remarkably light. When you open the throttle on a Boxer, you bend it to your will; when you open the throttle on this thing the first couple of times, all you can think is "Que puta madre!" as you rupture your Adam's apple! Somewhere in the first few miles you realise how smooth the engine is, how you can't rely on engine-braking, and how you don't need to work the box (once I was on the move I scarcely needed to shift below 4th).

The Laser made a lovely sound. I could get used to riding one of these.

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My wife loves hers.

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RiceBurner wrote:My wife loves hers.
There's no answer to that.

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Man-of-Mystery wrote:
RiceBurner wrote:My wife loves hers.
There's no answer to that.

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I've caused a lot of old men to splutter with that line. ;)
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RiceBurner wrote:
:D

I've caused a lot of old men to splutter with that line. ;)
And there are more than a few on here ;)

(present company excepted of course) :D
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RiceBurner wrote:I've caused a lot of old men to splutter...
And there's no answer to that either.

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Man-of-Mystery wrote:Bah... Kid Ory is in dry dock again, and they lent me one of these monstrosities.

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I do not like tourers.

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Hurrah - I get the Boxer back today. You can have no idea how much I hate this damn thing!

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