Arokh Takakura

I wondered where my laundry basket went.

As long as it isn't saltwater fill the entire case with rice and leave it for 2-3 weeks, chances are most you'll need to replace is the HDD.

ROFL.

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Reminds me of Final Fantasy a bit.

Funny thing is his fursona wasn't even a dragon. Thus further enraging him.

Life's little jokes.

Table.

I got it. First impressions?: O.M.G. It's Ffffing quick. And I'm not allowed to open it above half throttle or over 7,200rpm out of 14,000 yet. Yet it's already twice as fast as my old bike, if not more. It's also incredibly flighty and lightweight, a stab of the throttle in third in town saw me jump from 30 to 60 in about a second flat. It'll break 30 in 1st. It feels like a big bike in every way, the only thing that keeps reminding me it's a 125 are the L plates, but how this is learner legal baffles me. It's yet to feel strangled, strained, or struggled on some of the VERY steep fast hills around here and I haven't even fully opened the throttle or had to for that matter. Bear in mind this is also the run in period when the bike is tuned to be a little flatter to spare the engine some wear and tear. After 500 miles I can get the engine re-mapped by KTM and can fully open the throttle. It turns a lot more heads than I expected, hate to admit it, but I got a grin from all the local youths giving me thumbs up as I rode past. It's very popular among younger bikers who all wanted to have a look and came over to talk to me about it when I stopped for some petrol. The quality of the bike blows me away, sure it's £3,795, but you get that much worth of 125, which works out to be a lot. The instruments are incredibly high tech and constantly feed you information, engine temperature, oil temperature and pressure, MPG, time ridden, average mph, top mph, it even has a gearchange light that strobes, then turns solid red when it is the prime time to shift up(This will be raised by approx 4k rpm when the bike is run in). The brakes are a Brembo partner company yet feel just as good as the real thing, the feedback through the whole bike is immense. Riding this has made my old bike feel like bashing rocks together. My only niggle? It's all tuned to be learner friendly, the throttle is softened. you can really tell, even as sudden and sharply as it flies up through the gears. The brakes are also soft, and it's got that F*&@king sidestand safety where it has to be in neutral, sidestand up to start. The bonus though? All of these can be ajusted/changed through the ECU/Engine management computer at your friendly local KTM dealers, so this thing is getting sharpened up once it's run in. That said, when I'm doing 72mph in fifth out of sixth gear at HALF throttle, I've little to complain about. Can't wait for full throttle in sixth. Second port of call is a tail tidy, not keen on that 'dorsal fin' of a rear numberplate holder. And perhaps a slip on silencer, as the current one is very purry and quiet. I want savage and obnoxious.

Got it today! :D

Zrazor is 'Trip', the villain with the power to alter people's states of mind through hallucinogens.

The power to stop necroing threads.

Engine wearing in, all new components. Opening the throttle violently can dramatically shorten engine life, as friction in the engine is initially higher than normal until some machined internal parts smooth off. Horsepower also increases over those first 500 miles. Even my nitro rc car had to be driven gently for the first five runs.

Not as glorious as you think, it means riding at half throttle and no more for the first 500 miles, very regular servicing, not being able to fling it into the corners because the tyres are fresh etc. Basically you have to ride like a granny when all you want to do is throw open the throttle and see what it's got.

Ffff you Krow I was drunk at the time. >:C

Well, I sold the 'claptrap' on Saturday evening, felt a bit lost and down without it. It's hard to explain how a motorbike can get under your skin like that, even if it is/was a piece of crap. :P Ordered a KTM duke in orange from the next town over's dealership because my local one 'doesn't stock the road bikes'. This garage doesn't have one in stock so I have to wait for one from Austria until the end of the week. Fffuuuu. Oh well, this way I got to specify the colour and a few other specs. Such as removing the 80kmh limiter and sharpening up the 'learner friendly' front Brembo brakes to make them not so friendly. And I get a sparkling new hand-made bike with 0 miles on the clock. Thanks to everyone who voted, it actually helped me decide on orange, as I was definately unsure before as buying it black/grey meant getting it this week, rather than the next. :>

I don't mind it, but there's nothing quite like biking, so no. I can't wait. The fact I can never be held up by traffic, that I can just hop on and go and not worry about fuel costs, getting your knee down into corners, driving is comparatively boring.

Yeah: The orange one would tempt me to get the private plate 'nukem' Or something similar.

Black Orange.