lmg
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Hi All,
I thought it would be prudent to do the "introduce yourself" activity before anything else.
The name is Leigh (pronounced Lee for those who don't know) and I live in South Yorkshire but hail from near Bristol. I am a life-long biker and currently have a wide variety of rides in my biking stable. Although the bike which brought me here is my Honda Varadero, I also have a couple of the Triumph Rocket IIIs, a '77 customized Goldwing, and a Honda Valkyrie stored in the USA for my trips over there. I have semi-OCD and procure parts like they are going out of fashion, and at one point I had so many "spares" I used a lot of them to make a Suzuki GSX1100 engine based chopper with Triumph Rocket III ancillary parts!
Enough of that, and back to the "trallie" side of things. I dont really go off Tarmac, although I spend most of my time on "Adventure Touring" type trips. I am not adverse to doing serious miles (have done the Iron Butt Association 1000miles/24hr and its UK 36hour rally before), and enjoy participating in motorcycle photographic rallies such as the Round Britain Rally.
I am currently considering getting a new bike along the lines of the Yamaha Super Tenere World Crosser or the Triumph Explorer XC, and that's how I stumbled across this site. I would welcome some input on S10WC vs TEX-XC to try and help me make my mind up. Test rode the Exploder - excellent fit and excellent performance, but I havent year managed to find a test-ridable S10 but have managed to plant my arse upon on and it feels "good".
Hope to meet some of you in due course.
I thought it would be prudent to do the "introduce yourself" activity before anything else.
The name is Leigh (pronounced Lee for those who don't know) and I live in South Yorkshire but hail from near Bristol. I am a life-long biker and currently have a wide variety of rides in my biking stable. Although the bike which brought me here is my Honda Varadero, I also have a couple of the Triumph Rocket IIIs, a '77 customized Goldwing, and a Honda Valkyrie stored in the USA for my trips over there. I have semi-OCD and procure parts like they are going out of fashion, and at one point I had so many "spares" I used a lot of them to make a Suzuki GSX1100 engine based chopper with Triumph Rocket III ancillary parts!
Enough of that, and back to the "trallie" side of things. I dont really go off Tarmac, although I spend most of my time on "Adventure Touring" type trips. I am not adverse to doing serious miles (have done the Iron Butt Association 1000miles/24hr and its UK 36hour rally before), and enjoy participating in motorcycle photographic rallies such as the Round Britain Rally.
I am currently considering getting a new bike along the lines of the Yamaha Super Tenere World Crosser or the Triumph Explorer XC, and that's how I stumbled across this site. I would welcome some input on S10WC vs TEX-XC to try and help me make my mind up. Test rode the Exploder - excellent fit and excellent performance, but I havent year managed to find a test-ridable S10 but have managed to plant my arse upon on and it feels "good".
Hope to meet some of you in due course.
