Hello and welcome.

Bit like yourself I rode from the early 80s of road 125s and 250s,at 16 did the rd50-ar80-dt125 progression until I turned my back on bikes for almost 10 years due to car interests, but something still burned inside me to ride again. Sat my bike bike test in 1998 and rode ever since, even with 2 boys here now, from hornet to blade to vfr750,mille, busa,zx10r. But the average summer weather and less spare time drew me towards a more all round bike so from transalp to varadero, 12gs to xtx the need for speed was dying and for 2 years the xtz has been my only big bike.
Easy to maintain, work on,reliable and enjoyable and nearly always slightly dirty.......which suits this style of bike!

Colin J

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2011 xt660z.
Yoshimura cans ,kev mod,Dna 2, Stahlkoffer panniers,Hepco Becker box,Givi crash bars,Mita e07 tyres.