My first motorbike was a Cagiva Mito, 125cc ... 7 speed ... 39hp ... gosh, that was fun.
In the picture you can see me on my second bike, a Honda VFR400R, also known as NC30.
Wikipedia says "The VFR400 engines produce a noticeable whine when the engine is running ..." and that's true. She sounds just like a sewing machine.
Okay, normally you would use "it" for bikes, I'm aware of that ... but in Austrian slang a motorbike is female.
It's called "die Reib'n" which you might translate as "the grater" ... so I'll stick to the "she".
She's got a single-sided swingarm, a 399cc 4-valve V4 engine ... just like her bigger sister, the superbike racing motorbike RC30. Some might know that Carl "Foggy" Fogarty (great guy!) raced a RC30 before he hopped onto a Ducati.
But to be honest, at the moment I'm not riding a motorbike - I prefer my mountainbike. Nevertheless I still got my leather wear ... who knows, maybe I'll ride again one day. Let's hope it'll still fit me then ... :-)
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