Metisse for me please.
Nope, those roads you’ll never tire of! NOT jealous, NOT! 
No need for unintellageable spells mate… 
No probs, I am always taken by the Cagiva Mito when it appears.
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It’s Welsh for “Fish and Chips defy gravity”
Always a pleasure to educate and enlighten 
Probably had another top end rebuild since last time 
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Had a great run this morning, that wee bike is amazing when you spank it, so much so I made a tank last under 100 mile 
And home in time to listen to the senior TT 
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Blimey, that;s a good average! you weren’t hanging about! 
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Funny thing is I went from the superduke to the street triple because I was being too much of a hooligan on the ktm 
Well, even the mrs’ 2008 is mischief-inspiring - your contemporary machine probably even more! 
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Today I rode my Street Triple and Helmut his Tuono to a suspension set up day near to us that had Will from SWB Racing doing the set - ups. He is the person we went to see last year who did my Street Triple so Helmut thought he’d see what he would do for the Tuono - won’t steal Helmut’s thunder, but he’s chuffed to bits with it. I almost took my Blade but I just want to get to know it a little bit better first, there’s nothing immediately “wrong” with it to me that needs urgent sorting and I want to really feel what it is doing in detail first. I have put quite a few miles on, but the majority so far have been cold / wet so they have been less “carefree” than warm, dry ones.
It took a while whilst the Tuono waited for its turn and then Helmut went for his test ride, but it was great watching Will at work and learning from him 
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It was later than expected when we left and I abandoned my grand plans for a full day out, due to the time and the insane volume of traffic on the roads so we just rode to a local place for a drink and came home - under 40 miles ridden for me today.
It wasn’t uneventful as I watched @Helmut take a pigeon strike to the upper arm whilst we were making fairly swift progress - it exploded and then a chunk of former pigeon hit my visor. Luckily Helmut just has a pretty sore arm from his murderous exploits and the bird detritus was easily cleaned off my visor, could have been worse!
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Jeez, that could have been worse. Must’ve scared the bejesus out of you both.
Sorry about the exploding pigeon; glad to hear @HelmutVisor is made of sterner stuff. 
Tell him he deffo dodged a bullet there if not a pigeon. His arm will hurt but at least it didn’t hit his bike or yours for that matter as they don’t half make a mess of screens and plastics. I’m sure you’ll look after him for taking 1 for the team…
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That’s your second bird strike, isn’t it?
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I know…first was that pheasant 
. It was me that hit that one though. One each!
Exploding pigeons are quite spectacular as they tend to loose a lot of feathers on impact! Lucky alright, a foots difference could have been a head strike 
there a big heavy lump, and can be doing 50mph on their own.
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You must be unlucky: I don’t remember ever hitting one. Let’s hope things don’t come in threes!
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