Lofo Sun 5th Jan

[Grandma]

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Good God, an uglier looking lot you'd never hope to see! Wish I'd said nowt!  :lol

That's Koz pretty boy Kosmic is not in the picture.

Hopefully Grandma will stick a few more pictures up here soon.

So funny. She [Helen? Grandma] filtered passed me when (I was stationary at a set of lights) and showed Exup the correct way to ride a Fazer... Very impressed at the old lady's pace and bike control. It brought a smile to my face.
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I must admit to being a bit of a cheat as I have been passionate about bikes since I was 14. Bought my first bike as soon as I left school, did RAC/ACU training scheme at Crystal Palace on a Triumph Sports Cub after passing my test riding around the block at Norbury. My son is the same and had his eyes on the R6 I had when he passed on a 125 and had finished his 2 year restriction, but I wouldn't let him ride it until he had more training and agreed to do it with him, as I also had an ER5 which he rode initially. One thing led to another the R6 clocked up a lot of miles so I bought a silver R1, that clocked up a lot of miles, so I swopped it for a blue R1, that clocked up a lot of miles, so I bought a Gen 1 Fazer 1000 from a friend as backup, Alex had bought his own R6 and I wouldn't let him loose on the R1 until he had it a few years. He still has it, plus my blue R1 I gave him last year and a CBR400RR. As the Fazer 1000 was 50kg heavier than the R1 I struggled with it at times and it used to pull my shoulders out on the tight twisties, plus, you've guessed it, the miles were clocking up! So I sold it and bought a Gen 2 Fazer 1000 which wasn't half the bike and very thirsty, luckily I managed to write it off on the M20 on the way to France when the luggage I had used for years on all the other bikes, slipped and locked up the back wheel, dumping me on the hard shoulder. Never written off a bike before but it gave me the opportunity to buy the Fazer 8 which I have never regretted.
[/size][/color]Over the years also benefitted from extra training from Police, as the London Bikesafe team which operated from the Ace became involved with the Unity Rides, after the London bombings, the USR's helped with Afghan Heroes at Wootton Basset, Manston and the Ring of Red earlier this year, but as I have two grandsons now, not so involved.
[/size][/color]The icing on the cake was last year when I was included in a one day intensive course with a couple of Hendon instructors who run them in their spare time and prior to that helped with a couple Kent Firebike Rider Skills Days at Brands Hatch, the ulterior motive was the two free track sessions each day. The Fazer was brilliant, took me a while to work out how to ride it as so different from R1, but had a great time each day, looking forward to some more this year. So that is a potted history, glad I made the effort to find you guys, thanks for a very enjoyable day. Christine