tundra tom
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posted November 02, 2007 05:02 AM
I GOTTA HAVE IT
It's almost laughable, every new Motorcycle I buy feels like "the shit". No need for power increasing, suspension and brake system mods. Seriously, every single one, Yamaha's, Honda's, the Bandit, the SV .
Then after some riding time the Buzz wears off and the jonesing starts. Not all at once, just small, sub-conscious nagging dissatisfaction.
I start to dig into it, numerous tweaks and trials, after the Motor rush wears off lower gearing will add up to that big endorphin payoff. The B1200 S was, possibly the worst, dis-mantled and re-assembled so many times I could do it my sleep.
Never one to bring it to a shop for wholesale engine work, apparently the Monkey on my back likes his speed fixes in small doses.
I used to think it was the act of modification that brought the satisfaction.
Not so, it's the Payback while hitting that set of esses in third at 10 grand on county road yadda yadda. The bitch is hooked up and riding on rails, pulling out of the corners till the tendons in my fingers scream for days, the act brings the juice, squeezing the adrenal glands like a vise.
That's when it all adds up, feeling more like an extension of the Body than machine, a virtual appendage. "Can't get there on a stock Motorcycle" is the Mantra, or lie depending how you look at it.
Sure enough it welled up and smacked me in the face today while riding the latest addition to the Stable on the back roads.
Tweaked the suspension a few times and kept stuffing it in harder, that started analytical improvement list in my head. "Yeah the tires are shagged but this thing needs more bottom end." The reality hit me, at 5000 miles the Honeymoon's over Connie-delisa Rice-burner, must have more Yee Haa's and Fuck Yeah's.
Time to start shopping and planning. It's Comical really, the process repeats itself every time. I need it, I want it, I gotta have it.
TT
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