125 power
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 2:24 PM
along came the day to upgrade from my honda 50 super sport, to a big twin a 125cc!!!!!!! yamaha, model as1
i walked to the butchers shop that had it for sale, payed my dosh, all 50 quid of it and jumped on and very gingerly set off. all going well, so decided to go for the open road so went to get myself out of town,
I stopped on a slight uphill junction to turn left easy enough manouver !! but what about the extra power???
I wound the throttle back a tad and dumped the clutch and achieved something most riders have to practice for a while my very first (unplanned wheely. It shot across a very wide very busy road with my lags flayling around at the back of me a vice like grip on the bars and my chin 3 inches from the petrol tank, i managad to get control f the beast a couple of inches from a garden wall that was on the opposite side of this very wide very busy road as i managed to regain my sitting position and able to draw breath again i was greeted by the sound of car horns and a large helping of verbal abuse and hand signals.
I got back to the right side of the road to get home, riding at a very sensible speed and getting used to the new found 2 stroke power, i was thinking of all the names i had just been called, did it put me off biking ??not a chance and my mate was so impressed he bought a slightly newer model so fun was to be had again.
We soon found out that if you laid flat out on the tank with your legs up behind you the ammazing speed of 73 miles an hour could be reached, it took a while to reach it and the vibrations caused a tingling sensation to certain parts of the body so was only good for short bursts but it put a smile on our faces.
The only big difference then was the tyres, i am sure some were made from granite not a lot of grip in the dry and scary in the wet ,good practice for a bit of off roading!!!!! though.
remember shiny up and rubber down