Newbie Hyperstrada Owner

Evening all, I’m Tom, nearly 40 and from Glastonbury and having a mid life crisis I wasn’t looking to get back in to biking, I sold my k9 GSXR1000 3 years ago after falling out of love with biking after a mate was nearly killed on our last ride out

then Friday just gone, me, the missus and kids were away for the weekend, they was boring me so after necking far to many ciders, I found myself looking at bikes , somehow I bought a 2014 hyperstrada , collected it this afternoon, only had a quick ride earlier, not going to lie, will take some getting used to . I’ve already order a Mivv exhaust (nearly new eBay bargain for £120)

just need to go leather shopping now as those ciders have caused my old leathers the shrink some how .
Look forward to getting back
Out on two wheels

 

That was the first thing I noticed and wasn’t overly keen on, good to know, cheers

 

Fitted the Mivv exhaust and disconnected the valve, sounds awesome now

 

Always begins and never bloody ends lol

next plan is to get the clutch cover painted as paints lifted a little which is a shame as the rest of it is perfect for its age

do you know if there’s a diagnostic system that can be bought for them, being a lorry mechanic, I love to have a fiddle and like to have my own diagnostic kit, got it for cars and commercials but nothing for bikes.
Cheers

 

next purchase is a private plate, its registered on a Northern Ireland plate, which isn’t really an issue but I’d rather one that dosent get me constantly associated with a caravan dweller (friends are already calling me a pikey )

 

I just discovered the Hyperstrada owners group on Facebook have my actual bike as their group picture, this was the dealers first picture on the advert