[TAG] Where the rubber hits the road

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

I'm breaking out in bikes all over these days. Here's my newest toy:

http://okopnik.freeshell.org/img/1995_GSX750F.jpg

(Mine doesn't have all the graphics, but everything else including the
color is right.)

Yep, I've sold the Triumph - too much of a cruiser for my blood, and
[cough] I can only stand so much British engineering. Seriously - when
the manual starts out with _cleaning_ instructions, and has lots of BOLD
letters and exclamation points telling you how *crucial* that part is
and how it *must* be done every single time... well, that's the very
definition of "not a bike for the Benster". [shrug] I made money in
trading in my old bike, I made more in selling this one, _and_ I got a
damn good deal on the new one. And I got to play with a bike that was
completely different from anything I've had before. I call that a win
all around.

I rode the Katana home today and got off with a *huge* smile. Hellllo,
higher insurance premiums...


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* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *