Went for my first gentle bimble since the bike show last november, felt great to be back out on 2 wheels again, needed to get a few miles under my belt again before I test ride the Tracer on wednesday.ive just measured the Fazer width and compared it to the Tracer, and im 4 inches to long !! It will be tight getting the Tracer through the 2 gates that I need to to get round the back to my flat, but its do able I think-i might need to relocate 1 of the gates but it'll be worth it
and then I found this on the rear tyre, its pretty squared off anyway so it needs replacing anyway but I was hoping on going up to Bristol on the bike on wednesday so I hope my local bike shop can source and fit a new tyre by tuesday
Good luck with the test ride bud, remember theres no mechanical sympathy needed with a demo bike so wring its neck & see what its got.
Also remember if you're willing to spend 8k on a bike then an additional pittance could change the bars to ones that do fit through the space, even if you get someone official to do it for you, just coz thats the bars they put on doesnt mean they're the best bars for you anyway. Easy for me to say being a destroyer of older bike's i know
A colleague at work went for a test ride, he owns an old Africa Twin, he wasnt overly enthusiastic but he liked it (foccin bastard has too much money clearly) he then went for a spin on a new ish Honda Deauville which i was pleading with him not to get on the night shift...right enough he had a test ride and even he thought it was Dull.
Seriously though if i was you id give that MT07 a chance too, i bet it's all you'll ever need, you're also welcome to try my FZ1 coz you can get them for a tuppence and with an MT07 or used FZ1 then you have extra dosh left over to enjoy the trips that you do on them, top food, beer, barmaids.