Long time, no speak....
Mainly because I've not been riding much. However that changed today as evidenced in the Riding Challenge game thread.
The challenge of finding a place name with a z piqued my interest yesterday but I decided to go a step further and find a place name that began with a z.
Google said there were only half a dozen or so and the majority were serious miles away. However the nearest was less than 80 miles so very doable, even after finishing my shift at Waitrose this morning at 07:30.
The way there was all A roads as I wanted to keep things simple, although the return journey was more interesting.....I'd forgotten how much fun was to be had on the 890R and the three hours or so flew by.
For me, this bike really is the answer to pretty much any bike question I care to ask. No I haven't done a trackday yet but I'm sure that box will be ticked sometime this year. I would definitely like to do a mini tour, say a long weekend of say 1000 miles or so this year too.
I enjoyed myself so much earlier I have just done a 40 mile hoon on local Hants/Berkshire roads - this bike is a V2 Tuono Lite, not lite in performance, but in every other way. I haven't ridden a V4 Tuono but I would guess the 890R is a more manageable, lighter version of that in that it too has all the modern rider aids and gizmos.
The thing that neither Aprilia has, though, is the ability to do 150/160 miles between petrol stops....I'm averaging about 65mpg and that's whilst making good progress. I just don't know how it does it?
All this effusive praise begs another question, though............where does The Trike fit into my motorcycling future?
I don't have the answer yet, so it's still in my garage all nice and clean and ridden for less than 25 miles so far in 2023
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Kev
