What a nob!

List is £5600, I got mine for £4495 which I was pretty chuffed about. The
place I bought it from (in Stamford, wherever the **** that is) order in
bulk and then sell the bikes on at a discount - Metropolis in Ealing were
after 5600, no discounts

Well, fundamentally "they're all good" as far as I'm concerned, probably
what swung it was sitting on one at Metropolis and realising it weighed
seven tenths of sod all, and just seemed fundamentally cooler than the 644
(quick action throttle! woo!).

I toyed with the R30 idea, but that would rule out off-roading, which I
didn't want to do. And KTMs seem just too darn expensive.

 

that's a bit of a fucking bargain!

126kg is pretty fucking light. How much power does it make, though?

what's that - another name for "wheely switch"?

KTMs are expensive. I still fancy a converted DR-Z 400, though.

 

40bhp - apparently between that and the heavier 644 DS there's not much in
it in terms of performance. Presumably the 400 is revvier

Close enough - full throttle seems to be somewhere south of a quarter-turn

I was thinking along these lines too, but a DR-Z is 4 grand, then there's
your SM wheels on top, and then there's all your WP and Brembo kit to add
on.

 

should be a fucking laugh.

if you can't wheely something like that, you're a total mong. Even I
could wheely the R30, and I *am* a total mong when it comes to that
sort of thing.

yeah, though I was thinking of picking up a 2nd hand one at some point
- there are a few around.

 

That's more like it.

 

it's the sort of crap I've picked up living with Angie, honest
guv'nor.

 

I think you have.

Oh dear.

 

Aren't you the person who left an EOSM early to go to a bus show?