So I'm enjoying my new bike, which is just as well as buying motorcycles is not something I do that often. Over 50 years, I've been lucky enough to ride hundreds of bikes but have owned just 15, and most of them in the first 20 years while my fortunes ebbed and flowed and I worked out what I liked. In the 30 years since, I've bought just three, including this one.
For those who came in late, my new ride is a 2016 Triumph 1200 Thruxton R that I bought for $14,000 two weeks before heading off to the MotoGP last October ( 176). I've since added 5000km and we're getting along like a house on fire. My only
