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Hi guys, Back in‘93 my friend took me to see practice at the Donnington Park 500 Grand Prix. On the way back we stopped at a petrol station, and I saw either an NC30 or RC30 dressed in a Rothmans colour scheme. From that moment on I knew I wanted a bike.

Many years passed and I finally got my licence in 2001.First bike was a Bandit, then an SV650 (curvy),followed by an R6 (I wasn’t ready), before going back to an SV650 (fuel injected). Next up was aZX-636 (under seat exhaust), then a first gen Daytona, GSXR750 (first brand new bike for my 40th), another Daytona (second gen) another ZX6R 2019 (one of the best bikes I have ever ridden) and then in 2022 it was announced that most, if not all, super sport bikes were going to be dead, so I took the plunge and got myself a mint Fire blade with hardly any miles on it.

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