12-11-2023, 03:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-11-2023, 06:54 AM by Grumpy Goat.
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Hello people (Boys, Girls, men, women, anyone in between or on the fringes 
) Gotta be soooo, careful nowadays.
I suppose I should say hello bikers.. be a tad easier
Would you mind if I joined in?
Living in Yorkshire, England..
Cos Ya'll are over the pond, you may recognise part of me user name, the af1, which is AF1 Aprilia in Texas. I've been a member of their forum since 2004 when I bough my first aprilia, a Gen1 Tuono. Such a great site, like a big family, I can't tear myself away, even though I had my last aprilia back in 2010.
So, here I am. Biking since 1972 as a junior scrambler (motoX now) first bike on the road in 1978 was a Kawa KH100, had a ton of stuff since then. Fast forward to 2 years back and my first BMW, a 2017 s1000xr, love it, still in the garage but may sell next year.
Now on a 2017 rs and loving it. Plan on doing a lot more 2 up touring as the other half (partner) has agreed to go on a Euro tour for the first time. I thought the xr might scare the bajeezus out of her so the rs it is. Equally as much fun, plenty fast enough but less frantic than the xr.
This is the bike, you may notice a few changes
Bars, mirrors, lower pegs and Givi luggage rack. New seat cover and what you can't see in this photo is, that I have re located the Sat Nav.
![[Image: PXL_20231008_091044082.jpg]](https://cdn.img.s1000xr.uk/PXL_20231008_091044082.jpg)
I thought it needed more colour so I have had the wheels powder coated, new tyres being fitted tomorrow and I get the front and rear suspension back from having them serviced, at the end of the week. Hopefully, get it all back together over the weekend, for a photo shoot, then I'll post some photos.
![[Image: IMG-20231209-WA0001.jpg]](https://cdn.img.s1000xr.uk/IMG-20231209-WA0001.jpg)
) Gotta be soooo, careful nowadays.I suppose I should say hello bikers.. be a tad easier
Would you mind if I joined in?
Living in Yorkshire, England..
Cos Ya'll are over the pond, you may recognise part of me user name, the af1, which is AF1 Aprilia in Texas. I've been a member of their forum since 2004 when I bough my first aprilia, a Gen1 Tuono. Such a great site, like a big family, I can't tear myself away, even though I had my last aprilia back in 2010.
So, here I am. Biking since 1972 as a junior scrambler (motoX now) first bike on the road in 1978 was a Kawa KH100, had a ton of stuff since then. Fast forward to 2 years back and my first BMW, a 2017 s1000xr, love it, still in the garage but may sell next year.
Now on a 2017 rs and loving it. Plan on doing a lot more 2 up touring as the other half (partner) has agreed to go on a Euro tour for the first time. I thought the xr might scare the bajeezus out of her so the rs it is. Equally as much fun, plenty fast enough but less frantic than the xr.
This is the bike, you may notice a few changes
Bars, mirrors, lower pegs and Givi luggage rack. New seat cover and what you can't see in this photo is, that I have re located the Sat Nav.I thought it needed more colour so I have had the wheels powder coated, new tyres being fitted tomorrow and I get the front and rear suspension back from having them serviced, at the end of the week. Hopefully, get it all back together over the weekend, for a photo shoot, then I'll post some photos.