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Regular readers will probably be getting bored with the continuous theme of woe that has been running through this page for the best part of a year now. So it was with some apprehension that I planned a long trip to mid Wales and back with a pillion, because I knew full well that, whatever the outcome, I would report the adventure in this column. I was praying that it wouldn’t be another story of how disastrous a purchase my bike was and how it has been endless trouble since I bought it. And I am absolutely over the moon to inform you that my sturdy GS500E never missed a beat in over 500 miles of riding through every condition and every conceivable terrain. I know, I’m as shocked as you are!
My last trouble was the cracked engine case and mass oil leak, but that was quite a while ago so I had begun to feel a little confidence, which, all things considered, can be a dangerous thing. I was confident to the point of defensiveness, ensuring all doubters that it was on fine form and running the best it has ever done; but I still had to endure the patronising smiles that crept across the faces of the cynics.
I decided to avoid motorways (apart from a short blast down the M40 to Oxford) and the A44 was my road of choice, which would take me all the way through to Rhayader, so navigation wasn’t going to be a problem. I packed my atlas just to be on the safe side and started what may seem to be a fairly small adventure, but considering a few months ago I was worried that my bike might not make it the 6 miles to college, it puts a different perspective on things.
This was an epic escapade and my steed and I were either going to sink or swim; and we swam like Duncan Goodhew, gloriously. Mile after beautiful, hot, twisty mile we soared. On top of the world, faster than Valentino Rossi round the bends and out-dragging Casey Stoner on the straights. Slowing down for a breather in each quaint little village we passed. I stopped once for petrol about half way and then it was head down all the way. Memories of my first great voyage to Wales aboard my FS1E came rushing back as I slipped past yet another tractor.
When the road signs turned to Welsh, I new it wouldn’t be long until I arrived at Tommy’s farm, victorious! And that I did; I was smoother than Cyril DesPres in the desert as I rode along the long gravel track. After a long weekend off-roading on 1000 acres of blissful Welsh hill farm, it was time for me to head home with my new riding partner Mike, and of course, the greatest motorcycle in the world… ever!
Not so lucky with the weather, it bucketed down for five and a half hours. Turns out my waterproofs aren’t! But nothing in the world could have stopped us, once again only pausing once for fuel and a bite to eat. Not even the rain could dampen our spirits and we purred all the way to London, even beating a pair of GSXR’s most of the way back.
Arriving home, despite being chilled to the core, a huge warm blanket wrapped itself around me as I walked away from my new best friend. I can’t help thinking that the next problem is just around the corner, but for now I am the very proud owner of the most fantastically reliable bike on this planet, to which I have one message: "You and I are gonna live forever!!"
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