Thought you might appreciate a photo of it. All being well we collect Wednesday. He's driving and I'm riding it back. Tough job but...
Well I had a nice day yesterday. Driven to Leeds in West Yorkshire to bring home the KTM eldest lad had bought. Planned a great route home (just under 100 miles) getting reacquainted with some twisty hill roads I've not ridden since I retired from an earlier career back in 2004! The weight of this monster is 196 Kgs and seat height is 830 mm (32.7"). In the real world, the weight is easy enough (better than a Beemer GS as lower down), but there's no denying it's a tall seat height - I could get both feet on the ground, but it was tippy-toes!
As a ride? Well I thoroughly enjoyed riding back over the High Peak* from West Yorkshire into Derbyshire yesterday despite the occasional shower. Seems sure-footed in both dry and wet and the brakes haul it back from high speeds easily and without drama. Loved the (optional) cruise control, set it to 30 mph and forget about all the West Yorks speed cameras!
Took about two and a half hours and was the best ride I've had this year once I was free of the urban sprawl. See that Blue sky? Behind me what you can't see is the damn big black cloud over the tops which I then rode into! One serious downpour does not a ride spoil however, you gotta take the rough with the smooth.
* For local Forum members, this was south out of Huddersfield, through Holmfirth (Last of the Summer Wine country) then down to the Woodhead Pass and on to Glossop and then Chapel-en-le-Frith to Buxton and home. A route I used often when working and my boss was HQ'd in Dewsbury, Leeds.
