I HAVE HAD A SMALL
HISTORY WITH MOTORBIKES, MY DAD HAD A HONDA STEP THROUGH 90 FARM BIKE
WHEN I WAS A KID, IT WAS A HELL OF A LOT OF FUN, AND I SPENT AS MUCH TIME ON IT
AS IT DID ON ME!
DAD ALSO HAD A SUZUKI
125 FARM BIKE MUCH BIGGER, AS I WAS STILL SO SMALL, AND I LEARNT QUICK THAT
THE FRONT BRAKE DOES NOT WORK WELL AS THE CLUTCH AS MY HEAD, FACE AND BODY
CRASHED IN TO AND ALONG THE COLD SNOWY GROUND.
WHEN FINALLY ONE
OF OUR CARS GAVE UP THE GHOST, AFTER I WAS MARRIED A MOTORBIKE CAME UP TO
BUY, A HONDA CM 200T, A NICE WEE RIDE THAT WAS GREAT FOR THE A-B STUFF,
BUT NOT MUCH MORE REALLY, UNLESS YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF FEELING LIKE YOU ARE RIDING A VIBRATING ROLLER AROUND.
I FINALLY GOT MY
FULL LICENSE AND WANTED SOMETHING BIGGER, A SUZUKI MARAUDER 800, BUT NO THAT
WAS TO MUCH AT $10,000.
SO I WAITED AND
THEN THE HONDA VLX400 CAME UP IN THE BUY SELL AND EXCHANGE, AND AT ONLY $4000.00.
I WENT AND SAW IT,
THAT MOMENT I KNEW IT WAS TO BE MINE, WENT BACK LATER RODE IT AND
TRADED MY CM200T IN ON IT.
AFTER ALMOST 6 MONTHS
AND A COUPLE OF LONG RIDES, I CAN SAY THAT IT IS COMFY AND A PLEASURE TO
RIDE.
THE BAD POINTS HAVE TO BE :
- THAT OVER 100KPH THERE IS QUITE SOME DRAG
- ON THE BUMPY CORNERS THE STEERING CAN BE A LITTLE UNSETTLING
- AND WHERE IS THE STEREO, MY CAR HAS ONE?
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