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Mike Trident · 21st December 2018, 09:03

Not wanting to hijack the Rover remap questions.

Let's start a bike conversation lol.

Being a biker all my life, you kinda just keep moving on with the technological advances. Until one day I just though enough is enough. I decided that it was becoming more and more difficult to ride these bikes and keep the speed down to limits.

I decided that 100bhp was far more than I would ever need on the road. I looked for something totally different, something that I had never considered before. I purchased an absolutely mint BMW R1100S. It was 8 years old at the time, but looked brand new. It turned out to be the best road bike I have ever owned. It proved my point that 100 bhp was enough, it had bags of torque and a very relaxed feel. A big twin just never sounds to be very busy.

I followed up on this with an early Hinckley Triumph Trident. This too was lovely to ride. Still have a Blackbird hiding in the garage, but it rarely gets ridden.

21st December 2018, 09:03	#1
Mike Trident Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDTi Saloon & Citroen C1 Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Oakenshaw, Near Bradford Posts: 1,622 Thanks: 385 Thanked 552 Times in 328 Posts	Motorbikes Not wanting to hijack the Rover remap questions. Let's start a bike conversation lol. Being a biker all my life, you kinda just keep moving on with the technological advances. Until one day I just though enough is enough. I decided that it was becoming more and more difficult to ride these bikes and keep the speed down to limits. I decided that 100bhp was far more than I would ever need on the road. I looked for something totally different, something that I had never considered before. I purchased an absolutely mint BMW R1100S. It was 8 years old at the time, but looked brand new. It turned out to be the best road bike I have ever owned. It proved my point that 100 bhp was enough, it had bags of torque and a very relaxed feel. A big twin just never sounds to be very busy. I followed up on this with an early Hinckley Triumph Trident. This too was lovely to ride. Still have a Blackbird hiding in the garage, but it rarely gets ridden. __________________ Rover 75 2.0 CDTi (131Ps) Conn SE Saloon. (Manual) 160 Remap, cruise control, electric window blind, temp gauge, Real walnut / ZT interior, FBH with GSM control. BORN Tuesday, 5th October 2004 @ 12:35:52 This vehicle was the 104,679th 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 3,318th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE (135) to be made out of 4,744 This vehicle was the 12,440th 75 in Starlight Silver (code: MBB) to be made out of 14,280 Starlight Silver 75s