never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...

[Iahawk]

old cheesy 80's Rick Astley song reference?...anyone?....

Well, it's in reference to my little Ninja...I haven't ridden my bike since August 14th, over 2 months. I've spent the time riding my 2 twist n go scoots and loving it. In fact, I even asked myself more than once if I could maybe sell my bike and go full twist n go, full time(?)

So this afternoon I decided to hop on the Ninja and give her a run on this beautiful mid 60's F day with blue skies and autumn leaves falling. What a joy. I sometimes forget how fun it is to blast through the gears with crisp upshifts and perfect blip throttle downshifts. A firm (but comfortable) ride. A riding position that feels like you're flying as I only see a little of my windscreen, gauges and bars as I'm riding. A more crouched riding position, knees squeezing the tank, exhaust burbling away, one with the machine.

I rode twisty, smooth back roads with speeds from 35-50 mph. The weather was perfect, the bike was perfect.

I erased all thougts of ever selling my bike, or being without a bike I can shift.

As the song says - never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you!

(pre ride video included...bike sounds better in person!)

[randyo]

I like my K-Pipe, even more since I put the ZS190 5 speed in it, I tend to go about 5mph faster than you, 40-55mph

I miss the downshifting to a stop when I ride my AK550

[NorWeWa]

I don't feel the need to give chase, when a sport machine, passes me on my Downtown. But if I had that Ninja 400, I would probably open the throttle.  For me best that I have made it to old age and no scars.

[Neil955i]

And that’s EXACTLY how I feel every time I ride my Triumph 675R!

[monkeybongos]

Shifting on the Rebel makes me appreciate the twist n go scooters, while the same twist n go makes shifting that much more fun.

[Iahawk]

Shifting on the Rebel makes me appreciate the twist n go scooters, while the same twist n go makes shifting that much more fun.

perfectly said!

[Iahawk]

And that’s EXACTLY how I feel every time I ride my Triumph 675R!

 

[Neil955i]

But I do wish you hadn’t implanted that Rick Ghastly ear-worm into my head Hawk!

[Iahawk]

for you, Neil!

[Neil955i]

No.........
Thank.........
You!.......

[Stig / Major Tom]

He looks like the kid that used to sit next to me and cheat on all the spelling tests.
Leest I flunked mine onorbly!
Stig