Featured Woo Hoo Speed Twin

Time for NUDGERS 12month service
Feels like when you have to take your pet to the vets anyway this is what I got to play on
That’s NUDGER crying in the background cos he thinks I’m abandoning him

 

What a blast
What a Feckin brilliant machine
Can’t really put into words how brilliant this bike is
First thing I noticed was obviously the riding position
Lifting my legs up and putting them behind myself to get on the pegs felt very strange to me after a year on my NUDGER
But I only took it round the corner to show the lads at work and immediately felt at home with it
The lads at Triumph Newcastle are brilliant to deal with and when I got there I had no idea what I was gonna get so I dropped a hint that I quite fancy getting a speed twin
Well nobody’s got it booked today he said so get yourself away and fill ya boots
So I DID
didn’t stop until I seen this sort of no entry sign
Of course I’m DILLIGAF so I paused for a smoke and thought Feck em bloody foreigners and kept going North to where the Wildlings live like I’ve already said this is a brilliant bike
The ergonomics are spot on if a little cramped for me this is no fault of the bike though.......more my aging body and aches and pains
The throttle response is flawless and instant plenty of torque and acceleration from way down low
The gearbox ratios are perfect for the engine and changing gear is like a knife through butter especially on the up shift think I said the same thing about NUDGER when I got him but this is better
I am a MASSIVE fan of these Triumph twin cylinder engines and gear boxes absolutely buzzing about this bike but we both needed refuelling so a pit stop at Jedburgh was always on the cards

 

Bloody hell mate gissa chance
I do this on me phone with me thumb

 

Suitably refreshed
Back to the road test had enough of the Wildlings as I couldn’t understand a Feckin word they were saying
What the feck does HEENA HYNA HOO mean anyone???
Really getting into this peach of a bike now
So much so that I found myself riding on the balls of my feet and and sticking my knees out like I was on a track day
Concentrating hard on the vanishing point that I can’t remember anything about the scenery
Just having a blast and feeling like I’m twenty years younger than I am
When I set off from Newcastle I put the bike in road mode and had the traction control on
Was out for five hours and left it that way all the time
Never got overtaken once and everything in front of me was a target that had to be dispensed with and they were bikes/lorries/cars....everything
Back to the land of plenty and I went around that greet big puddle we call Kielder
It’s a long time since I took corners this fast but this wonderful machine was made for these kinda roads
C’mon DILLIGAF ya greet big wussy LEAN IT LEAN IT AND LEAN IT SOME MORE
Bloody thing is daring me more and more
Where will it all end
Feck this I’m Feckin knackered
Time for another pit stop
Some of ya will recognise this place
For those that don’t it’s the bunkhouse where this years GMU is being held in
Bell hand jam cup of coffee and slice of cake
Sorry @Bad Billy it had to be done
I needed the sugar otherwise I would of seized up dunno how to sum this up really
Absolute peach of an engine
Brilliant gearbox
Sublime handling
If you’ve got one you’re a reet lucky bastid
If ya getting one I Feckin hate ya
Will I get one
Do I want one
SHIT YEAH I WANT ONE
But I won’t be getting one for me it’s twenty years to late and by the time I got back to Newcastle I had aching shoulders my hips were on fire and I was bloody knackered
One of the best rides I’ve had for years though and if I could afford it I’d have one in a heartbeat as a weekend blaster
Got back on NUDGER for the ride home and it was like getting a cuddle or lying on the couch

I love my NUDGER

 

Yeah but you’re only racing for one season aren’t you
SO.....you’re gonna need a road bike aren’t ya
Just tell her you’re gonna try one I mean what harm can a test ride do

 

Forgot to mention that the one I rode had Vance thingy exhaust fitted
Get some .....they sound Feckin brilliant