- Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:25 pm
#98660
Well I would post about my Meteor, but it refuses to arrive....ahem. Waiting since June for a yellow Fireball, as I live on Fraggle Rock (the Isle of Man) we seem to be at the end of the queue.
I have ridden the demo bike at Dedman's, and was torn about getting one as I love the bike, love the comfort, and most of all love the heel and toe change which is what attracted me to it in the first instance. This is because I have a mashed left foot that does not enjoy lifting gear levers on our other 5 bikes. The down side, was, yes, the power - or the lack of it. But it is very torquey compared to our Japanese 250's, (CL250S's) and such a lovely handler too....so I talked myself into it, and will try to chill out!
I will be first in the queue though, for any power upgrades that filter through, hopefully from our hosts. It doesn't need a lot, 4 or 5 hp would make a difference, that's probably more than you could get with a filter, pipe and EFI upgrade, so maybe a cam, but nothing wild, don't want to lose the bottom end.
Don't think 'it is the wrong bike, get a 650' because it isn't the wrong bike at all, I have others up to 800cc to play on, it just needs a smidge more livelyness to be perfect. I don't want anything heavier for a cruiser, I'm a grown up (62) physically if not mentally....#cough#... and love the bike for what it is. Between Mrs NHN and myself we have had about 40 bikes over the years (she used to work at a dealers so has ridden a lot more!) and know what we like.
So we just await 'Bumble' to arrive, hopefully before Christmas, so I can get some miles on her before it really gets too cold. (Never gets really cold here - except TT or MGP week of course!).
