Petrolhed

Every time I see one of these, and that has been quite a bit of late, I want to cry a little. The sound of this car is unbelievable. If you like a V8 rumble, think the M3 sounds good, ride a V Twin Ducati or just generally like to go fast, you can’t go past the sex appeal of this car.

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I feel like a spoilt brat.

One of those spoilt kids like Richie Rich or that kid you love to hate in the movies like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory who gets everything they want.

Putting that aside for a minute, meet my new bike. The Ducati Hypermotard EVO SP 2012 Corse edition proudly sporting the Corse logo from the Italian factory of the gods.

The previously raved about Yamaha FZ1S just wasn’t for me for so many reasons so I decided to bite the bullet and just piss the thing off before it devalued beyond comprehension and I wouldn’t cry about it too much. As it turned out to be honest I just put it down (read validated) to a really expensive hire bike for two months.

Truth be known I probably got out of it easier than most by deciding to bight the bullet quickly.

Anyway, I have started a new blog dedicated to my new passion, the Ducati Hypermotard EVO SP 2012 Corse Edition. Pretty ain’t she. Read more here.

Yoshimura TRS SS/SS - short fat and loud slip on race muffler. Uh-oh...EPA?

I have been shopping around a bit for special parts to add to my new mid life crisis toy, a Yamaha FZ1S.

I’ve done a few things, first up was a Yoshimura TRS SS Slip On pipe – opting for a short stumpy little rocket that cranked up the BHP and made it sound like a proper bike, not some sort of Dyson vaccuum cleaner.

Then there was the heated grips, thanks Oxford for a brilliant product there.

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I had the good fortune to travel to Sydney for business last week and be put up at the Hotel Sheraton which is some really nice digs to stay at. I’m talking classy shiny digs with highly polished marble bathrooms, luxury King Beds, LED TVs with HDMI and USB inputs, a zillion free powerpoints (this is a must have these days) and iHome iPod docking stations. Sinking into a deep hot bath at the end of the day is the way to go. (continue reading…)

Yamaha-FZ-1S Fazer 2009

I finally did it. I got rid of the Buell Ulysses XB12X. It had a good run, almost four years to the day but it was getting long in the tooth and a few issues started popping up plus the fact that Buell no longer exists, it was time to move on.

And that was how I found myself test riding a Yamaha FZ1 Fazer as part of Yamaha Cities runout sale and walking out with a new 2009 model.

First impressions?

FARK it’s fast!

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