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Online Dave hendy

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Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« on: April 27, 2024, 18:40:49 »
Hi there, after a few years lurking in the background I finally got a test ride on a V-strom 1050 on Tuesday with my wife as pillion and placed my order for a new bike on Friday afternoon  :lala:
I will be coming from a KTM 1290 Super Adventure, so will be saying goodbye to a bit of power, most of which I didn’t need.......
we were both impressed with the V-strom, although my wife did say it sounded boring, so a possible change of exhaust in the future  :shrug:
I will be pleased to be getting back to Japanese reliability and will be asking various questions over the next few months, so be gentle with me

Cheers Dave

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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2024, 20:53:19 »
Dave,  :welcome: from  Northumberland.
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2024, 21:18:33 »
 :welcome:

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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2024, 22:13:12 »
 :welcome:

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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2024, 22:44:37 »
 :welcome:
Don't sweat what you can't influence...
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2024, 23:18:08 »
 :welcani: also from Shropshire

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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2024, 23:37:22 »
 :welcome2:
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2024, 05:30:56 »
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2024, 07:02:28 »
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2024, 15:53:23 »
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2024, 17:53:52 »
 :welcome:



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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2024, 19:27:11 »
 :welcome2:
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Re: Hello from north Shropshire (from long time lurker)
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2024, 20:11:49 »
 :welcome:
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