Just Thinking/messin'

I've been up to The Malt House and had a nice lunch, washed down with a few pints of Ruddles:

I am quite happy with my KTM but wonder what will be next. The criteria is low weight - 190Kg or less and not upsetting my eyes. This will be a new (NOT secondhand) purchase. Ducati smash it but their prices are so high for somebody who earns nothing and is unlikely to ever get their compensation paid, while the judge sits on his hands and will not let us drop the court case.

I've ruled out another KTM whilst the company sort themselves out!

The list is:

Yamaha MT07 £9050 OTR
Triumph Street Triple £12500 (I am unsure if Triumph can justify their high prices!)
Kawasaki ZX4-RR £8700
Kawasaki Ninja 650 Performance £7539
Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle £12079
Ducati V2 Panigale £16995 (!)
Honda CBR600R 193Kg £10,500

This is just for entertainment, or for any smart-arse to point out what I've missed!

Rule out the Triumph as I think that I would prefer the Ducati Scrambler for around the sme money or maybe not. I am going to Fowlers on Friday and will have a looksy!

 

The Triumph Street Triple 765 RS is expensive for what it is, I feel. I will have a closer look when I go to Fowlers on Friday as I rule out nothing. I just feel for the money, I would rather spend it on one of the Ducati options, but with the Scrambler, I have difficulty with all that '62' shit on it and the Pani is flipping expensive. I get the quality thing, but nearly double the price of an MT07?

 

Again, without actually inspecting them in Fowlers, I think that both of the Kwasakis look right. AAAAAnnnnndddd I have had three Kawasakis and never succeeded in crashing any of them! And my ZXR400 introduced me to track days, as Kawasaki used to run them for people who had bought new Kawasakis. Roger Burnett used to run them, in fact.

Whilst Castle Combe is a really quick circuit, favouring horse power, I could be a right pain, as the Kawasaki was not fast on the straights, but flipping quick in the corners!

 

Add to the list the Kawasaki ZX-6R.

198Kg curb mass just about scraps in. I have had two in my time (from the 1990s, I think) and they were cracking bikes. I did track days and touring on mine, so, for what I want now - just mucking about - this should be fine! Looks OK too.

 

This is useful:

Also, I think I'll add the Honda CBR600RR to the list.

I will be asking for an update this week. Not only have we passed the anniversary of agreeing a settlement with the other side, but on Thursday, it will be exactly six years since I was knocked off and put into hospital.

I will ask if the judge is acting beyond his powers. Surely the party who begin a high court case, always have the right to end that case whenever they want to, provided the other side are in agreement? And they are. A it stands, this could go on for years without any progress. And that denies me (the injured - literally! - party) justice. I realise that my solicitor and barrister don't want to upset a judge that they may have to deal with him again, but there must be limits on how long a judge can delay things for. I would argue that he is effectively acting for the insurance company in stopping them from having to make the payout!

I look into what bike to buy next in order to cheer myself up. Effectively, I have been done in the ass twice now. Once by the driver and now by the judge! I just look to cheer myself up. And considering what bike to buy next cheers me up!!!