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.....to my Falco.

I delivered it to it's new owner last week. A friend bought it so it's staying local and I'll be seeing lots of it although I'm not sure that's a good thing.

Had to let it go in the end as I haven't had the time to do it justice recently and was shocked to see how few miles I'd put on last year. I still have the DRz and am looking around vaguely for a replacement for the Falco.

Anyway thanks to you all for the help and advice and I'll be dropping in occasionally to see what's going on.

Ta Ta

A sad day .... but glad you'll be sticking around.
You're always welcome.

Wot e sed.
Don't be a stranger.

please pass on our details to the new owner - so to speak

be safe paul and keep in touch :)

Hi all,

Sorry you had to let it go Again, drop in, you never know, you might buy it back after it rumbles past you frequently

Safe riding fella...

Sad it had to go Paul.
As others have said, keep in touch now and then, you know you will always be welcome.

Thanks guys.

Yes I'm not sure how I'll feel when I see it roaring past me. I have linked him to the site so he may well sign up.

And because he may well be looking in I won't say anything about the fact that he already let the battery go flat and has apparently covered it in stickers and removed the baffles

I must learn to let it go

I'll let you all know if I get anything else - been looking very closely at Cagiva Raptors recently

Good luck Paul and stick around and let us know what you end up with.

Might just be a Raptor

Ah yes....... indeed it is.

I just bought a 53 Raptor 1000. Snapdragon spotted me when I joined the Raptor Chapter. Bizarrely a mate just bought one too so one minute you never saw one and the next there are 2 buzzing round.

I will get a feel for the new beast and then borrow my old Falco and perhaps try and write up a comparison - wary of the sometime hostility between Falco and SV riders.

Falco to Raptor, why?

Fausto wrote:.. wary of the sometime hostility between Falco and SV riders.

No hostility from Raptor riders, there's so few of us we need all the friends we can get

HisNibbs wrote:Falco to Raptor, why?

It wasn't quite that straightforward. I'd had the Falco 4 years and was no longer riding it enough to do it justice. I was also finding it increasingly uncomfortable on my wrists the less I rode it. So when I had an opportunity to sell it I did.

The replacement bike had to be a V twin but also a more upright riding position. I'd been looking at all sorts like Tuono, Monster, Naked SV and Raptor. It was the Raptor that I found first at the right price/condition.

Lots more comfortable on short rides (up to 100 miles) but I suspect I will be wishing I still had the Falco for longer trips. Time will tell...