Is it just me or are the Japanese lagging behind with new model development, which certainly isn’t the case with the European brands, right? But Yamaha has just released two new models that made me twitch in a more positive manner and I’m talking about the mental MT-09 and this new cruiser called Bolt.
I’ve just had Words: Clinton Pienaar
lunch at a one of the most beautiful little places on this planet. The roads I’m about to ride I saw just before stopping for a bite to eat at a little lunch stop which is a remote spot on the island of Mallorca (just off the coast of Spain) and it is so remote that someone had to build a road over the mountain range that lies ahead of me. In fact, it is that remote that the only way in is by the road, unless you have a boat. Simply astonishing!
What is the epitome of British? Is it the pomp and ceremony from the era of Queen Victoria or is the Britain of pubs, punks, football hooligans and page 3 girls, or is it the modern loft apartment, luxury cars, investment banking and private dinners with Gordon Foo’kin Ramsey?
What on earth happened to the ‘middleweight’ motorcycle class, eh? What bloated buffoon sat around a table, probably drinking an expensive, imported and sparkling (fizzy to us) water that decided to percolate from the lower hills of the Himalayas? You know how these boardroom meetings go, and the cost? He or she must now be shot at dawn!
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