Silverwing rider says hi from Saffron Walden
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2018 6:01 pm
Hi everyone
I'm 63 and I'm commuting 27 miles each way on a scooter.
To Biggleswade from Saffron Walden - country lanes & a bit of A505/A1.
I've just finished 5 years using a Triumph Explorer 1200 and a Honda Deauville NT700 for 4 years before that.
I've had a Peugeot MP3, a Vespa ET4, so the Silverwing is a new thing.
I'm selling an SH300i that I've been using these last two weeks - it was a trade-in for the Explorer.
The "Tex" as the Explorer is often called, is a very top-heavy "Adventure Bike" and unsuitable for very slow riding or poor balancers.
I've dropped it four times now - all stationary.
This last drop was onto my right foot.
My boots reduced the damage to just two badly broken metatarsals.
A cracked rib is also a result of the "topple" so that was it for the TEX.
Its a great bike, with a wonderful engine.
Just too top-heavy for my poor sense of balance.
The SilverWing has much lower C-of-G and is softer sprung than the SH300i (did I mention its on eBay?) my cracked rib didn't like it!
Well thanks for reading this intro
Geoff Cooper - aka "Cooperman1955"
I'm 63 and I'm commuting 27 miles each way on a scooter.
To Biggleswade from Saffron Walden - country lanes & a bit of A505/A1.
I've just finished 5 years using a Triumph Explorer 1200 and a Honda Deauville NT700 for 4 years before that.
I've had a Peugeot MP3, a Vespa ET4, so the Silverwing is a new thing.
I'm selling an SH300i that I've been using these last two weeks - it was a trade-in for the Explorer.
The "Tex" as the Explorer is often called, is a very top-heavy "Adventure Bike" and unsuitable for very slow riding or poor balancers.
I've dropped it four times now - all stationary.
This last drop was onto my right foot.
My boots reduced the damage to just two badly broken metatarsals.
A cracked rib is also a result of the "topple" so that was it for the TEX.
Its a great bike, with a wonderful engine.
Just too top-heavy for my poor sense of balance.
The SilverWing has much lower C-of-G and is softer sprung than the SH300i (did I mention its on eBay?) my cracked rib didn't like it!
Well thanks for reading this intro
Geoff Cooper - aka "Cooperman1955"
