It a BMW S1000XR; Andy traded in his red one for a new grey one.

 

Now that's a bike! I bet you would have trouble keeping up with him, if he wanted to run, lol

 

You are not wrong! Thankfully, he's not usually a quick rider, but he was leading on a recent ride out, and pressing on towards the end because our friend on the Ninja needed to get home; and I really was struggling to keep up - for me it felt manic rather than enjoyable, and he was genuinely bemused when I mentioned it. It's one of the few occasions when I wished my Low Rider had just a little more oomph when overtaking other vehicles on winding country roads.

 

Been two weeks since I last rode. Hope to get a few rides in the next couple of days.

 

My bike is a Stage ! build, with an aftermarket exhaust, eliminating the cat. It has a lot of "oomph", but I still couldn't keep up with that bike. Is your bike basically stock, being in England? The laws are much stricter there, aren't they? Here it's State-by-State...

 

I don't know how to "prove" it to you, but when I bought my last Bagger, the only thing I had to replace was the battery. It was basically a brand new bike, 206 miles, but had sat in a previous owners garage, for 6 months, because he didn't ride it. When I put it in my garage, I immediately put it on a tender, as it would be another 4 months before I could ride it, because of the wreck that destroyed my previous Bagger, and a broken leg. When I finally did start riding it, the battery went pretty quickly. I can only surmise that the reason the battery failed was because of lack of use, and not being on a tender...

 

Yes, the rules are strict, and my bike is basically stock. Many riders just ignore the rules and many get away with it, but, to my mind, the potential consequences, especially if there's an accident and the insurance pick up on the bike not being strictly legal, aren't worth the stress.

 

That would be kind of hard to prove and I don't know why I said that at the time, sometimes I guess I just get carried away or something...👍

 

I just had to replace the battery on my 2015 Dyna Low Rider after 6 months, and I keep it on a tender. They gave me a new one, but it was a pain in the *** to pull it out, go to the store, and then replace the battery. It must have been a factory defect as I keep it on a tender. It was putting out 12.7 volts, but only 266 CCA...

 

I have two Twin Cam Softails, a Bagger, and a Dyna (2016 Low Rider)... the Dyna is by far the easiest of those models to remove/replace the battery......