Guido continues his eff ort to
empty the NT of motorcyclesI
t was young Mr B on the email,
again, and I’m pretty sure my
wallet started whimpering. He first
contacted this mag a couple of years
ago, offering a pretty nice first-model
Kawasaki GPz900R, with the opinion
that one of the staff should buy it.
Of course I did. That meant flying in
to Alice Springs from Melbourne and
riding it home. After a little hassle on
the first day with the breather hoses
on the fuel tank – which periodically
reduced the Zed to a crawl – it turned
out to be a great trip.
And here he was again, having a
second bite of the cherry. I was in fact
half-heartedly in the market for an older
adventure tourer. Over the previous
months, muggins had been scanning the
classifieds for air-cooled BMW GS series
and early Hinckley Triumph Tigers, but
hadn’t actually made the plunge.
It took the R100 being offered at a
reasonable price, and the prospect of
another long ride from Alice, to tip the
balance. So, nearly three months after
sending the deposit, I was on a plane to
collect the new toy.MOTORCYCLE TRADER 109