'I GOT BACK INTO BIKES ON AN R1!'
“After 15 years away from bikes I decided to step back into the breach and get straight onto an R1,” reader Jon Askwith told MCN. “To say tech had 'progressed' in my absence was an understatement! The sheer brilliance of the thing was addictive engine like a turbine; handling that could be interesting at silly speeds (a steering damper was a lifesaver) but other than that – flawless. It ended up being written off due to some d**khead knocking it off its stand, otherwise I'd definitely still have it now.”