Goodbye XB12s Hello XB9SX
October 11th, 2008
Said goodbye to the loan XB12s that Blackbear had provided last night. Cant say i’m going to miss it really. I know its faster than my CityX but it just doesnt do it for me. The CityX is fast enough to have fun with and its smooth enough to live with on a day to day basis. I had not ridden a n XB12 before so it was good knowing what they are like. It was not all bad. The extra grunt was great when over taking and I really liked the noise the bike created even though it was in standard form. The XB9 sounds more muted in every respect but at the end of the day its got enough grunt to loose my license and pee of other road users so I’m kinda pleased with my lot…
Blackbear have done a good job replacing my faulty throttle body and even washed it for me which was very kind of then considering I wasn’t paying for a service or accessories.
This weekend I can refit my Rex Marsee tank bag that I had to loose for the week and I can fit and review the Triboseat Driver which has been supplied this week by Triboseat. More to come on that front. I can now look forward to commuting on my own bike again coz I had to use my car last week. The £1500 excess imposed by Blackbear was just too high to risk leaving their bike at the station every day.
2 Responses to “Goodbye XB12s Hello XB9SX”
Captain Slow October 26th, 2008 at 8:27 am #
Moto Guzzi V7, now THAT’s a really cool looking bike. Shame that I think my knees would be interfacing with the cylinder heads a little too intimately most of the time. The new Ducati Monster 1100 looks better than the previous model, but again a little on the small side. When you are next up in Peterboghorror you ought to nip round to Taz motorcycles and try out the Aprillia Dorsoduro or Tuono for a laugh.
Fatbiker October 26th, 2008 at 8:02 pm #
As it happens I was in UFO Motorcycles in Huntingdon yesterday looking at both of those models. The Dorsoduro is out coz it does not have pillion pegs and the Tuono is probably a bit too racey for me. If I were to go for a faster bike I’d definitely go for the new Buell 1125CR.
Hoping to get up to Blackbear this week for a look see at their one.