and on ....

At lunch on Friday I left work to get a sandwich. I swung by the Suzuki/Triumph Dealer here in Sidney (Near where I work at the Victoria Airport). It had been a long while since I had been in a dealership. Strangely I don't get excited looking at row up on row of multicoloured neon repliracers and wanna-cruisers. But in I went. I was curious about a couple of things. I am always interested in second hand items dealers may have, but a brand new Suzuki BKing had me in a trance. It was quite a elegant looking monster. Self said "Now this I like!." I only wish the marketing folks at the Japanese manufacters would get input from the NA market. BKing? What do you ride? its an 08 Burger King! I know its probably short for 'Busa, given the 1300cc link, but come on.....

But lo at 14000 bucks, its about 10 fold my working price range. I also saw a Benelli machine without a price tag. If you have to ask....you probably can't afford it. But it sure was nice.

The really eyecatcher for me was a silver, o3 SV1000. I have always liked the SV1000. I like the SV650, but at roughly 260 pounds, I am a big man and I need a big bike and the 1000 surely could carry me.

My 83 GS 750E is my project and a darling old girl, and I hope to keep her forever, but just the feeling of a hydraulic clutch on the SV got me interested and intrigued (sad hmm?). I can't justify the 6000 bones with our young family......so I will continue to look and like for a while longer......