KIWI RIDER 12 2019 VOL1 | Page 52

I believe we want an experience that fulfils all the functions but one that we still get to come home from; stow the helmet, kiss the partner and play with the kids or hang at the café Look I’m a Triumph aficionado – I’m nailing my colours to the mast folks – I love my Thruxton. But I am not so blinkered that I can see no other, far from it. But what I have with my own Triumph is a long-term liveable answer to my motorcycling needs. It’s fast, enough. It’s noisy, enough. It’s comfortable, enough. It looks sensational, enough. It stops, brilliantly. But I occasionally want mad thrill. Hell, I sometimes want batshit crazy! But I don’t want to live with crazy on a daily basis. At the end of the day I believe we want an experience that fulfils all the functions but one that we still get to come home from; stow the helmet, kiss the partner and play with the kids or hang at the café. Without fear, cost, or healing time. 52 KIWI RIDER