The Day I Met James Toseland
James Toseland is the current World Super Bike Champion, and now the best British bet at winning the MotoGP. Think of him as the motorbike version of Lewis Hamilton.
Now I will level and say I have not always been up to date with my knowledge of motorcycling, so put me up against a die hard fan of Mr. Toseland and honestly could not answer questions about his beginning’s in trial bike riding. Or how he got signed into the 125cc class and worked his way up to his current Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP deal.
But I do follow the sport and I know a good rider when I see one, you can also tell that James has a stand up personality. So when I heard that he was going to be visiting Bowers Motorcycles in Bury St. Edmunds I decided to go along and have a nose.
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Missing something?
Look through your feeds, notice something missing?
Content?
Yep I’ve been elsewhere the last few days. Understandable if you had this parked outside!
It all started last week, having ordered the bike I was getting like a school boy at Christmas, I could not concentrate on anything and was turned upside down.
Finally Monday the 3rd arrived and I set off to collect my new machine. Since then I have been out and about riding my way through to the first service; I’m 115miles into the 600mile deadline.
Let’s be honest, or rather I had better be honest with myself, as long as the weather holds and the sun shines I think I will be out there improving my skills. And when not I’ll be over at the FZ6 forum catching up with other riders from around the globe.
No CommentsThe Test Ride
Earlier this week I passed my DAS test, which means I am now able to ride any size bike (insurance costs permitting) I wish.
So as a means to get my foot on the bike ladder I went out and purchased my first motorbike; a Yamaha FZ6 S2.
Ok technically this is not my very first motorbike, when I turned 16 I did not go down the usual route and wait for a car, I opted to get on the road early and my parent bought me a Kawasaki AR80. This lasted for a couple of years until I was old enough to learn to drive and I turned my back on the bike scene, however there is proof that I did own a bike.
Anyway back to the story of my first ‘big boy’ bike.
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