What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[marko67]

Brace yourselves, I rode it! I was a little concerned I may have lost the ability it's been that long since I got a leg over, er, put a leg over.

I also had to let a mate get his leg over, too. Bugger insisted I ride his bike, a 9348km old BMW F650GS, the 800 twin.. Whats with that?

Anyhoo, I really liked the bimmer. Would I buy one? No.

Very agile, quick enough, seat by Stanley, Teutonic character. What gear am I in? What revs? What happens when I open the throttle? Ok, first rides are often like this. The bike is a worthy contender in only one way. It's really flickable, felt like a toy actually, it's so light in comparison.

 

The ride highlighted how good my old 8fiddly is. Better brakes, better throttle feel, more grunt and better bottom end fueling, and, amazingly, better on gravel. I had the 19" 110 / 80 bimmer front wash out 3 times much to my surprise. Even had to put in a small dab. The TDM does not move in the same circumstances. The bimmer is on Metzeler Tourance and the TDM Bridgestone T30's... Go figure.

 

Even my mate said at journeys end he would not replace the TDM for the bimmer, their is very little improvement to justify it.

We are blessed..

 

All those who read this, thank you. It's been eons since I had a good day out on the bike, I'm a bloody muppet. My priorities are arse up.