Should I ?? TL 1000 s

Yes Sireeeeeeeee, hope ya get it m8, if its what you are set on........have fun but f.f.s take it easy................enuff said

Has anyone else noticed that there are 4 days between our original joining dates, me on the 6th and Amanda on the 10th, have you also looked at the post count !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me a measly 221

Amanda 5706 yes 5706

now dont that tell the whole story, once ya start a woman chatting ya just cant stop her............sheeeeeeesh

How true!!

Well.... What can i say!!!

Firstly, im alive and it most certanly sisnt eat me alive or atempt to!!

so heres a quick run down of the day, get on sv firdt time de restricted,
and go to get tax (yes for 1 day ) didnt notice much of a difference cept when i took it down the a14!! its quick ok, but not punch u in the face type powerfull like i had expected and wanted, but its really good now.
Any way, bike taxed, i blat to whitlesee.
The bike isnt ready!!!

And to cap it off, i was under the impression trade plates were tax and insurance, but there not, there just tax!

So im left unable to take it for a tesat ride However!!!!

I call CIA, can u do anything about this?? "NO", what, ur joking, y not? we just cant, grrr.... i hang up, i call back, "listen, can i buy the rest of the policy then get a refund later"?? "no sir, the bike isnt registered in your name" grrr, but it says here you are insured to ride other bikes???

at tthis point im very confsed, but lacking the energy to argue, "fax that through please" (longer story short) i think CIA managed to insure me through a clerical error!!!!

Any whoo, jump on the bike, after looking it over, ..... Loud???? this things was embarissingly loud!!!!
sod off down the road, first impressions, are that the engine is a peach (this one did have running problems), sooo smooth (oh and an ignition advancer), very easy to ride at low speeds,
then i got it onto the open road......WOW WOW WOW, me me me me me i want one now,

this feeling didnt wear off all day, (i had the bike for 4 hours) however there were the following problems with the bike,


front fender was broken
indicators speed up when u rev
whole thing needs a re spray,
brakes felt damp
reat tyre needed replacing v soon
clutch cable was knackered (i stalled it cause of intermitant biting point)
race cans gave me a headache and started to **** me off!

All these things i dnt want to have to fix, and the cost is about 600 quid, so 2400 + 600 = £3000
and i know of a place i can get a mint import with low miles for 3k!!

So despite how much i love the bike, and want one sooooooo much, i dont have 3k, and neaither to i have the time to sort the TL out, let alone the money!

so its still there, im disapointed there were these other things wrong with it, i was hoping all it might need was a re spray, but as it needs the rest of the work, its out of my buget.

Getting back on the sv to ride home was a dissapintment, it felt damp, and wet, the engine felt weak and the bike bounced around,
but after cruising home on the sv, with its new found top end thanks to de restrictoin, im glad i kept it, i tucked it way, all shiny and looking real mint, the tl, whould have bugged me to spend hundred on it to get it looking as good as my sv, and for me, thats what a lot of biking is about, feeling like ur bike is the best looking in the world, even if it isnt.

The tl was great, and riders in whitlesee are ace guys down there, the TL was a lot more comfortable and i felt like it fitted, which was my main hope 140 comfortabel miles! so if there is another one, in better nick for the same price, my dream may still become a reality.

The bike didnt scare me, and i always felt in control, however, keep an eye on the speedo, as it can have you soon going over the limit and well into the licence loosing zone, in the tim eit take the sv to do 60 to 80 the tl is stomping well past 100!!

if you think you cant handle one, ur probably wrong, its gentle and will look after u if you bow down to it and kiss its tyres first! the oinly scary moment i had wasi accidently dropped the cluthch cause of the doggy cable and spun a bt010 up!!! it just gently reminds u it can bite, but doenst want too most of the time.

Thanks for all ur advie guys, hope u find this intersting,
Safe riding all
Alex


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