Collection-Early last summer we embarked on the 3 hour drive to DK Motorcycles to collect Fruit'n'Barley's nice new (well we say new) ZX6R. It stood resplendent in the sunshine in it's shiny yellow and dark purple/black paintwork and F'n'B was a happy boy. With papers signed and keys collected it was time to head the 160 miles back home. The journey home was a fun one with F'n'B continually blasting past us on the M62, I swear you could sense the big grin on his face behind his helmet.
Once at home it was time to do what all blokes with a new toy do, stand around staring at the thing for hours, poking and prodding and having all manner of people wanting to sit on the poor thing, the poor lad was itching to get out on a proper ride having been sat around for what seemed like months without a bike.
The first couple of rides were a bit of a trial, one or two moments which served to keep the concentration up were experienced, not that F'n'B was riding like a loon, but the last bike he rode was a Honda CB500 on his Direct Access test and the ZX6R is a totally different animal. They say that the first few years are a steep learning curve once you've passed your test, well, so is running out of petrol on your new bike on the way back from a run to Hartside cafe, lesson learned me thinks.
F'n'B's confidence was building nicely with each ride out and he was certainly handling the power of the bike with no real problems and it looked like we were in for a great summer. But alas, disaster was just around the corner, and it was a particularly expensive disaster for poor F'n'B.
Part 2 coming soon..................
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