[Avulon]

I've always I guess had most fun on middleweights but as I move around the country find that If I want an alternative to the car for visiting friends and family find the smaller bikes just bit lacking on the m/way especially as I get older. So now on a '96 750 virago. Bike I liked the best? a toss-up between my GSX550EFE - absolute fun on the twisties - even the bumpy ones (despite the 16" front wheel). Or the fully faired GS500 - which would happily two up with luggage take you on a camping trip and still easily top 3 figures loaded like that.


Most vile bike? A Honda CB650 - all the weight of the CB750 without the grunt and a saddle just high enough to make you worry whether the road would be slippy when you put your foot down at a junction. And no screen! although I had some awesome neck muscles back in those days so I could cope with it at 90.



The 750 when given a fistful is faster off the line though even with the same power and a shaft drive. But I prefer to enjoy the scenery a lot more these days. (+ average traffic speeds are slower than they were 20 year ago). No longer a daily m/cycle rider - I quit riding in through snow and rain some years ago.