marekb

New to this forum, not new to bikes but definitely yes a bit of a born again!
Mine's a 955i 2004 model, that's me on it in my cover photo at Snetterton.
Passed the test on my fab TS125 aged 17 and a half, graduated to an X7 then a GS550e. All beautiful bikes that brough heaps of pleasure on the road (and in bits in the garage!).
Took a four-wheel break though for far too long and at 50 finally decided my need for bike-speed and cornering was too overwhlming. Had already fallen in love with the chunk that the 955i is through a friend's older model so got myself one.
Well, about a £1,000+ of repairs later (siezed swinging arm being the biggest lump) the lessons learnt in buying were all the classics: (a) don't be so keen to buy the first one you've seen (b) take someone competent to be critical with you and (c) knock 'em dead with a basement first offer!
All that said, five+ years later it's still my bike, still starts first time and still causes the hairs on the back of my neck to stand on end. It's a great graunchy lump of a machine I get so much pleasure from. No need to commute with it (tried that once, never again!) I work in central London... 'nuf said. Love touring on it though.