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General => Eye Candy | Videos and Pics => Topic started by: Viper254 on August 14, 2023, 02:14:47 PM
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Afternoon everybody!
Haven't posted any pictures for a couple of years, so I thought they were probably overdue.
I live in the West Midlands region of the UK, but I work in the East and have spent a lot more time going in to the office of late, to my regret.
It's not all bad, though. The trip from my city to the office is a delight; a few miles of dual carriageway out of town, before climbing on to the Staffordshire Moorlands and skirting the bottom of the Peak district as I wind more than 30 miles of country roads before doing a short stint on the M1 motorway again to finish up.
I've had this bike a year now; how time flies. It's a Suzuki Inazuma 250 (GW250). It didn't sell well in the UK, and anywhere else I believe, probably hampered by the fact it's an ugly blighter. However, the 26hp twin-cylinder Suzuki motor is a gem. It's not slow, and pushing the revs through the 6 gears allows you to have quite a fun rural ride, though you're never going that fast. It was a budget purchase after it became clear my old CB250 wasn't going to carry on much longer, and I've been dead chuffed.
I went Thruxton over the last weekend on it, which was 340 miles with no complaints, at motorway (highway) speeds for a lot of it.
I am likely to start working in the office more as time goes on, but I'm no longer that worried about it as, for a good chunk of the year, I'll enjoy the ride.
(https://i.postimg.cc/GtfHZ1P1/Inazuma-1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/nLfQFZyF/inazuma-2.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/76mCnzfh/inazuma-3.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/6qq8jQv0/inazuma-4.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4dJ7cP4j/inazuma-5.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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Super pix Viper!
Your riding route would require Google maps to follow, for all but 2 or 3 of us here - but sounds like great fun on two wheels 🙂
250 is a very good size for someone like me.....having come to believe that a 150 is perfectly adequate for all but highways!
Best of luck with your work over there....and look forward to your next photos!
Stig
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Cool little bike! I don’t recognize it and don’t believe it was sold over here in the states? I agree that a 250 can get you wherever you need to go at whatever speed you feel like riding. Love the pics!
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Good to hear from you Viper and I agree with Stig, nice pictures. I'm obviously familiar with the area and so the type of roads you'll be riding so I'm jealous. Reminds me of a year I spent commuting (on a Triumph Sprint) to Wolverhampton from Leicester. Once off the M6 and onto the A roads it was a blast. Better than the reverse commute two years before where, morning & night, I always seemed to be riding into the sun!
How many miles has the little Suzook done now? Should be good for 60-70K?
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Thanks all. It was sold in the states for a while but looks to have been horribly unpopular - which it was here, too.
That is quite a ride, Neil - but sometimes the ride can be good fun. I am waiting to imminently hear about a job change that will havr me riding a lot more, which seems contrary to the direction everyone else is moving in.
Getting about 80mpg UK, or 66mpg US. Which is the main reason i ride to work as the bills stack up fast.
Only 30K miles on it so it will be good for a good few years yet. Went to Thruxton and back for the British Super Bikes last weekend - 320 mile round trip :)