Hi Guys am Back............fae
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Anyway.... the report on the XT,,,Fran that wis a good yin.!!!!!!!
I remember goin tae work in 1975 an as a got off the bus it stopped at a bike shop an guess whit stood in the windae jist sayin tae me BUY ME...wis a TT500 much like the XT but havin more grunt an more of a off road friendly bike wi a big alloy tank.... I was later to own one....but not then... while a wis away there tae Lanzarote fur a week a always bring a selection o Mags wi me ...naw not those kind..... Bike Mags.....an I chose BIKE....SUPERMOTO MAGAZINE .....an the wee trail bike mag TBM, a wis a way there fur an hour an ahalf as a switched on the goggle box tae see the Leather Boys on BBC2 based in an around the ACE cafe about a gang o guys all on British bikes...it wis good but ma suspicions wir right ....an right at the end Reggies pal turned out tae be a bender.........anywayback tae the mags...aye a wis readin BIKE an guess whit a big write up on none other than an XT500....the one wi the ally tank....a remember away back when a wis about 17 hearin o a guy who wis sellin a bike an when he unhaped it there it wis a XT500 sittin there all rusted up as a park bike....a never did buy it but it always stuck out tae me as a real bike....later in ma weary life a wis tae become the owner o a XT500 the exact same as an the same colour as Frans wee pic....ahad 2 xt500`s an aTT500 in ma time, then later on many more followed a had a Tenere 600. an a also had 3 xt 600e`s an after that a had aTTR600 then a TTR600e thenan XT660r then ma current steed an XT660X..........a jist thought ad tell yous that........on ma holiday tae Lanzarote, on the friday nite a wis sittin on the throne an hearing out the bog windae the sound o big engines....so when a looked out a saw a Karting Track around a half mile away....so a said on saturday mornin am goin there tae check it out,,,,an whit a weekend it turned out tae be....the saturday had the qualifiers fur the Spanish Supermoto Championships....man it wis great tae see all the big boys in action...then come the sunday it was the actual racing....5 races all in all.seein they guys go intae bends at around 80mph an slide all the way around wis a blast whit a great weekend a had, an 6 euro tae get in fur Both days..Cheap or what....???? anyway not to divert too much fae this thread....a enjoyed the Holiday ,,,,also the Racing... an commin bk tae teh XT stuff....Man ye canna Beat it .........cheeers Fran fur that.....Mabozzar