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Fast Bikes
|October 2019
THIS MONTH I HAVE MOSTLY BEEN… Frustrated.
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There is always one month in the year where it heats up, as the blaring sun warms the Tarmac of empty roads, providing you with the ideal conditions to get out on your bike and munch 100s of blissful care-free miles. Then family holidays happen, work turns a screw or two and all of a sudden the summer is at an end and you have hardly been out at all.
Thus this month I have had more time standing next to the CBR650R with either an Allen key or cleaning brush in my hand as opposed to preparing to cock my leg over the old girl and ride. I guess it’s one of those things, but I have plans in place to make next month’s column far more interesting, with I think you will be pleased to know.
This story is from the October 2019 edition of Fast Bikes.
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