....had one of those bikes that you just don't gel with? You know the sort of thing; a bike that you know should be great but somehow it just doesn't do it for you. There's nothing wrong per se but if you have a choice of machines then there is the one you never choose first and the one you always choose first.
Well that is Newzuki (Suzuki GW250 Inazuma) for me. I asked about tyres, but knew the real problem, despite trying to fool myself, is that I just don't get on with it. I wanted to as my wife bought it for me as a way of making up for all the days she saw me sitting in a cold, wet garage trying to sort out The Mighty Midget (Suzuki GN250). I feel really churlish to reject such a gift, but have finally admitted to her and myself that it just isn't 'me'. As lovely as a faired, modern bike is I just don't want to keep it.
Now the MM is back together and running well I reach for that every time and really love every mile I ride even though in every way imaginable it is inferior to Newzuki. What a strange bunch we are.
As a compromise I have agreed with my wife to push it to the back of the garage for now just to see if absence makes the heart grow fonder, but I'd be amazed if it did!
Ian