New Bike for Mrs Powerstans
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Well having provaricated for 3 weeks since passing her test we have a winner!
We went from £1200 Fazer to Bandit to BMW F800 to newer Fazer to Hornet to Street Triple with the final winner being a Speed Triple with arrows can (John Bloor Special Edition),
Not the actual bike but with the exception of the bar end mirrors identical!
Who said 40 something, married primary school teachers were normal, and yes she is going to be taking it to work some times which will amaze the kids.
Perhaps not my recomendation for a first bike having just passed your test but she is a cautious incremental learner, so more worried about the chicken strip developing on the new rear tyre than the excesive speed (and she loved the colour and sound, you can't argue with the Mrs, she either likes it or isn't interested)
We went from £1200 Fazer to Bandit to BMW F800 to newer Fazer to Hornet to Street Triple with the final winner being a Speed Triple with arrows can (John Bloor Special Edition),
Not the actual bike but with the exception of the bar end mirrors identical!
Who said 40 something, married primary school teachers were normal, and yes she is going to be taking it to work some times which will amaze the kids.
Perhaps not my recomendation for a first bike having just passed your test but she is a cautious incremental learner, so more worried about the chicken strip developing on the new rear tyre than the excesive speed (and she loved the colour and sound, you can't argue with the Mrs, she either likes it or isn't interested)
powerstans said:
Well having provaricated for 3 weeks since passing her test we have a winner!
We went from £1200 Fazer to Bandit to BMW F800 to newer Fazer to Hornet to Street Triple with the final winner being a Speed Triple with arrows can (John Bloor Special Edition)
That's some progression from the bike you started out wanting We went from £1200 Fazer to Bandit to BMW F800 to newer Fazer to Hornet to Street Triple with the final winner being a Speed Triple with arrows can (John Bloor Special Edition)
Mind you, I have gone from cheap £1000 cb500, to £1700 fazer/cbf500, to £2.5-3k Aprilia Shiver/CBR600F, and I've not bought a bike yet
Great looking bike and one hell of a 1st bike!
IanUAE said:
It is more the teachers sitting on the bike I would worry about. I took our race bike into my sons old school to talk about how motorbikes work (60 7 year olds). No pupil tried to sit on the bike but all the teachers did with instant uploads to facebook.
I might have to try that with my daughter's teacher (slurpy tongue smilee required).Tall Paul, Yep Mrs Powerstans test rode the Shiver as well very much more a hooligan bike than the Hornet and Street she had tried by then!
She hated the injected Fazer no grunt unless you screamed it, (though the one we tried may have had an issue as I had trouble getting it going on a hill start, a ridiculous amount of clutch slip required).
SV felt to small.
Basicly her aspirations have pushed the budget up from circa £2k to circa £4k!!!
As far as teachers go generally primary ones are forever correcting you and telling you off (my mother was a prinmary teacher) found senior school ones better adjusted to adult life (with the exception of Mrs Powerstans of course)!!
She hated the injected Fazer no grunt unless you screamed it, (though the one we tried may have had an issue as I had trouble getting it going on a hill start, a ridiculous amount of clutch slip required).
SV felt to small.
Basicly her aspirations have pushed the budget up from circa £2k to circa £4k!!!
As far as teachers go generally primary ones are forever correcting you and telling you off (my mother was a prinmary teacher) found senior school ones better adjusted to adult life (with the exception of Mrs Powerstans of course)!!
IanUAE said:
It is more the teachers sitting on the bike I would worry about. I took our race bike into my sons old school to talk about how motorbikes work (60 7 year olds). No pupil tried to sit on the bike but all the teachers did with instant uploads to facebook.
My better half is a teacher, and I've had to take 3 of her colleagues out on the back, teachers just seem to love bikes!
andburg said:
My better half is a teacher, and I've had to take 3 of her colleagues out on the back, teachers just seem to love bikes!
Someone I know was hardly "allowed" a car with over 100bhp, because he would crash/get tickets/be expensive. He brought up a bike and she was on board immediately
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I know Mrs Powerstans senior was a teacher and so is My Mrs Powerstans, but its a family tradition, my father, brother, sister in law, 2 aunts and cousin are all teachers!!
Well Mrs Powerstans started fretting about the weight and power of her new purchase so I am know the owner of the speed to go along with the CB 1300 and she has purchased a street (very low mileage, red, one owner).
As far as the office party goes with a primary school there are so few male teachers unless she is into same gender fun the keys in the pot wont be an issue.
Well Mrs Powerstans started fretting about the weight and power of her new purchase so I am know the owner of the speed to go along with the CB 1300 and she has purchased a street (very low mileage, red, one owner).
As far as the office party goes with a primary school there are so few male teachers unless she is into same gender fun the keys in the pot wont be an issue.
powerstans said:
I know Mrs Powerstans senior was a teacher and so is My Mrs Powerstans, but its a family tradition, my father, brother, sister in law, 2 aunts and cousin are all teachers!!
Well Mrs Powerstans started fretting about the weight and power of her new purchase so I am know the owner of the speed to go along with the CB 1300 and she has purchased a street (very low mileage, red, one owner).
As far as the office party goes with a primary school there are so few male teachers unless she is into same gender fun the keys in the pot wont be an issue.
Cool, so you now have an awesome new bike too - but be honest, the words "Oh for fWell Mrs Powerstans started fretting about the weight and power of her new purchase so I am know the owner of the speed to go along with the CB 1300 and she has purchased a street (very low mileage, red, one owner).
As far as the office party goes with a primary school there are so few male teachers unless she is into same gender fun the keys in the pot wont be an issue.
k's sake" or similar must have quietly escaped your lips when the Mrs decided she did not want the bike AFTER it had been bought! Or was this all the result of a beautifully laid plan; one where you knew full well you would end up with this stunning bike once the Mrs began to fret about the weight and power of the thing. If so, very well played Sir!
TD
Not a carefully laid plan, but not a bad result, picked it up today so gentle trip home as new back tyre and new to me bike.
Was dropped previously hence the deal from our local Harley dealership who took it in PX.
Slight mark to right hand side mirror back, front right axle slider bobbin scraped, RHS radiator plastic cover scratched, RHS bar end weight scraped, rear hanger scraped, worst part RHS clutch cover etc. slightly marked.
I will get R&G bar end weights/sliders so easy replacement, replacement front R&G axle slider, rear hanger bought off ebay already, new grips bought as old ones starting to split, tracking replacement mirror through ebay though I my go with bar end mirrors.
Radiator cover is about £40 new Black plastic so no spraying needed or possible Ebay item.
so everything except clutch covers etc. less than £200.
So last bit is clutch cover etc, thoughts as they don't leak I may go for a set of R&G covers and hide the marks instead of replacing?
Bike is 8000 mile full service history John Bloor limited edition in black with DATATool level 4 alarm nearly new arrows low can, brakes serviced, rear disc replaced 1000 miles ago along with pads, sprockets and chain, new pirelli rear and very good condition pirelli front.
Very happy so far
Was dropped previously hence the deal from our local Harley dealership who took it in PX.
Slight mark to right hand side mirror back, front right axle slider bobbin scraped, RHS radiator plastic cover scratched, RHS bar end weight scraped, rear hanger scraped, worst part RHS clutch cover etc. slightly marked.
I will get R&G bar end weights/sliders so easy replacement, replacement front R&G axle slider, rear hanger bought off ebay already, new grips bought as old ones starting to split, tracking replacement mirror through ebay though I my go with bar end mirrors.
Radiator cover is about £40 new Black plastic so no spraying needed or possible Ebay item.
so everything except clutch covers etc. less than £200.
So last bit is clutch cover etc, thoughts as they don't leak I may go for a set of R&G covers and hide the marks instead of replacing?
Bike is 8000 mile full service history John Bloor limited edition in black with DATATool level 4 alarm nearly new arrows low can, brakes serviced, rear disc replaced 1000 miles ago along with pads, sprockets and chain, new pirelli rear and very good condition pirelli front.
Very happy so far
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