wordsmith Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 SHOULD’VE GONE TO SPECSAVERS… I became quite used to passers-by commenting about my various BMW Boxer twins, the last two of which were an R1200 R Roadster and R1200 GS – but until today hadn’t had any comments about my Tracer, not that I lost sleep over it. But this morning, just as I was parking outside my favourite marina-side coffee shop, two Burly Blokes dressed in construction-site fluorescent work-shirts stopped to admire the bike. “Nice bike, mate – woddizzit?” quoth Bloke #1, while Bloke #2 weighed-in with a well-considered “off-road bike, mate?” Smiling tolerantly at their innocence, for they were but young, I gave a brief run-down on the FZ-09/ MT-09 sportsbike origins of the Tracer, and its own sport-touring orientation, with passing reference to its excellent CP3 triple engine, its light weight, and flickability. We chatted a bit, and they finally wandered off, parting with an un-Bloke-like “lovely!” from one of them. It occurred that he may have been talking about me, but… It also brought to mind an occasion when I was at an outback fuel stop and a grizzled old truckie standing nearby paused to eyeball my then-GS. “Woddizzitt?”, he murmured, half to me, half to himself – “’arf a trail bike?” I smiled and wandered in to pay for the fuel and get a drink. When I returned to the bike the truckie was still inspecting it, before wandering off with a final “I like it!” I rode off, grinning broadly. Happy days! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimmie Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Bwahahahaha!!!!! Here I was thinking you were going to tell us that you rode through a puddle that you thought was solid ground........."should've gone to Spec Savers" Glad it put a smile on ya dial Kimmie......the lady who likes to take little detours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Bwahahahaha!!!!! Here I was thinking you were going to tell us that you rode through a puddle that you thought was solid ground........."should've gone to Spec Savers" Glad it put a smile on ya dial No - but I cleaned the bike today after last week's ride in torrential rain! Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member martyl Posted October 26, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted October 26, 2017 I've had a couple of admirers of my FJ09. But nothing like I get from my Ural Gear-Up. Ural riders call it," UDF" or Ural delay factor. I always get positive feedback with the FJ09. Very mixed with the Ural... A Motorcyclist's Church is the open road.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsmith Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 I've had a couple of admirers of my FJ09. But nothing like I get from my Ural Gear-Up. Ural riders call it," UDF" or Ural delay factor. I always get positive feedback with the FJ09. Very mixed with the Ural...I'm not surprised at all - those Urinals are one-of-a-kind. I see the odd one around here from time to time, and believe it or not, new ones can still be bought, a new outfit (bike + side-car) retailing for around AUD$26,000 new. Riding a fully-farkled 2019 MT-09 Tracer 900 GT from my bayside home in South East Queensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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