BMW Delivered

Oh yes. Comfy, decent engine, lots of torque, good range, quick enough.

 

The 900 Divvy I borrowed for a week was very used (100k+ miles), had
hardly been fettled and still rode and sounded very tight.

If I was forced to use a bike to commute reasonable distances I'd
probably use one but it wouldn't be 'for pleasure'.

T i m

 

That was *exactly* what I used it for: 80 miles a day, including 50-odd
miles of motorway. It replaced a Kawasaki GT750 that's now in the
possession of Sweller Of This Parish, after having been passed around
half of ukrm.

I did take it for a European weekend jaunt, and it was useful for that
as well. But whereas I'd be gutted if the Ducati or the 4090 Four or
even the K got totalled, if it had happened to the Divvie, I'd have
simply felt the same annoyance as when a household consumer durable
stops working. For that's what it was.

Oddly, the old GT750 had more soul.

 

Did he mind? ;-)

I wonder if (should it ever run again) the GPZ550 might be similar?

T i m