NBT I've just bought my forever bike part4 , The Final Edition!

[weeksy]

maybe like with @Dodgy69 that will come when you have more time and freedom. Once you have nothing you HAVE to do, maybe a trip to the coast on a motorbike will be an excellent little treat.

Indeed, but like dodgy on his monkey, I'd probably find scoot perfect for such a bimble!

Me too- and on that subect, you Sir, and that Skubster reprobate may jointly consider yourselves largely responsible for my selection of what was my most recent 2-wheeler purchase - 6 months or so back I became the err, proud-ish owner of a 14 YO but very lightly used (11k total miles) and well cared for SH300i

Isabella (my OH) was genuinely a little disgusted by my purchase, still disowns me when I'm out on it and calls it "the moped" but I love it.
I use it pretty much every day that it isn't pissing down for nipping to the gym and back or into town and I have to say , for what I've been using it for, I struggle to think of anything I'd prefer- I just jump on and go, get 120ish MPG, an easy 70-80MPH cruising (and 90+MPH if/when you want it )

Here is the little minx resting after a faster , greener, and more pleasurable commute than I suspect most of the other people on the road have had

I thought you already had the Italian one?

[Yorick]

You want this little Suzuki
Then you can pretend you've got a GSXR

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[Tricky]

Indeed, but like dodgy on his monkey, I'd probably find scoot perfect for such a bimble!

Me too- and on that subect, you Sir, and that Skubster reprobate may jointly consider yourselves largely responsible for my selection of what was my most recent 2-wheeler purchase - 6 months or so back I became the err, proud-ish owner of a 14 YO but very lightly used (11k total miles) and well cared for SH300i

Isabella (my OH) was genuinely a little disgusted by my purchase, still disowns me when I'm out on it and calls it "the moped" but I love it.
I use it pretty much every day that it isn't pissing down for nipping to the gym and back or into town and I have to say , for what I've been using it for, I struggle to think of anything I'd prefer- I just jump on and go, get 120ish MPG, an easy 70-80MPH cruising (and 90+MPH if/when you want it )

Here is the little minx resting after a faster , greener, and more pleasurable commute than I suspect most of the other people on the road have had

I thought you already had the Italian one?

Yeah, but a 2-stroke Dragster is a completely different proposition to something like this - just isn't really practical as a utility sort of thing IMO, especially mine, a completely original one with only approx 1k miles on from new- an SH300 knocks it for six in every aspect apart from coolness and desirability, and (I hope?) isn't anything like as much of a scrote-magnet.
I did think about a brand new 200 4-stroke Dragster as they really haven't sold at all well , I think they look cool, and they are knocking them out for just £3.5k OTR- cheap IMO but not a lot better than it's 26 year older smoker one in terms of practically though, I reckon it's probably slower than an SH300, and well, I would be suprised if it's a "finished" and reliable/durable as an SH300.
And the icing on the cake for this purchase was it was 5 miles down the road, and only cost me just north of £1k.

I guess the bit that surprised me the most about it is how (relatively speaking) fast it is considering how relatively little HP (30 maybe) it has - the likes of Enfield Bullets, Himmys, Superdreams, CB250RS and probably even old air-cooled RD and GT250s wouldn't stand a chance in a straight line I reckon.
Brakes are good too, and for a scoot with all the weight at the back handling not too bad as it's got 16" wheels, the only really shit bit of it (image aside of course, dependant on your view ) are the rear shocks, they are shite IMO- I feel a top-of-the-range YSS purchase coming on....

Anyway, I'm probably sounding like a bit of a wanky train-spotter-Jeremy Vine listener-type now so I'll stop before I totally destroy any ounce of coolness I may (or may not) have ever had

[Supermofo]

is how (relatively speaking) fast it is considering how relatively little HP

I came across a year old Forza 350 in Chelmsford the other month when I was on the GSXS. Now I was just pulling away normally, whereas he was going for the traffic light GP at every set of lights, but he pulled on me at everyone of them until up to speed. Yeah I could have blitzed it but I'd have looked a tit but whereas a normal pull away on the Suzuki drops most things it was impressive just how fast it accelerated. It looked great fun. Still fancy a 300/350 scoot, but just not sure when I'd use it other than as a winter bike to get 2 wheel kicks.

[Taipan]

Something occurred to me today, the bike has very good closed loop fuelling!! This is a bug bear of mine and I've had bikes remapped because of it, and its a quick way for a bike to exit stage left, as the Hypermotard did. Today I was filtering through traffic, at about 3k revs, throttle constant and barely open, and it just did it, no bucking or jerking about?! Now that is normally the kill zone for most bikes, but nothing from this, just smooth throttle roll on/offs and its Euro 5+? It nearly makes up for the shit suspension!

[Rockburner]

Something occurred to me today, the bike has very good closed loop fuelling!! This is a bug bear of mine and I've had bikes remapped because of it, and its a quick way for a bike to exit stage left, as the Hypermotard did. Today I was filtering through traffic, at about 3k revs, throttle constant and barely open, and it just did it, no bucking or jerking about?! Now that is normally the kill zone for most bikes, but nothing from this, just smooth throttle roll on/offs and its Euro 5+? It nearly makes up for the shit suspension!

That's possibly more to do with the gearbox?

[Taipan]

Something occurred to me today, the bike has very good closed loop fuelling!! This is a bug bear of mine and I've had bikes remapped because of it, and its a quick way for a bike to exit stage left, as the Hypermotard did. Today I was filtering through traffic, at about 3k revs, throttle constant and barely open, and it just did it, no bucking or jerking about?! Now that is normally the kill zone for most bikes, but nothing from this, just smooth throttle roll on/offs and its Euro 5+? It nearly makes up for the shit suspension!

That's possibly more to do with the gearbox?

No, its direct drive, not CVT.