Eirglish

Blackbird has landed….

Snooze and I left the house at our normal time of 0730 yesterday morning except we continued straight on where we normally turn off for work. About an hour and a half later we stopped for a cuppa and a bite to eat in Mountrath and then headed on. A little under an hour later we were pulling up at the entrance to Meskell Motorcycles on the Dublin side of Limerick. About an hour later the deal was done and I was geared up and ready to follow Snooze back to our agreed coffee stop in Mountrath again.

I had to stop in the first few minutes to fill up with gogo juice (Tom in Meskell’s provided money for half a tank) so I was playing catch up with Snooze from then on. Now being on a completely different type of bike I was taking it fairly gingerly but was still having immense fun. I was swapping between a huge cheesy grin and insane laughter. It took me about three quarters of the way to Mountrath to catch up with Snooze but she waved when she saw me creep up in the rear view.

We pulled in to the petrol station and I was just all smiles. She is an incredible machine. The warning I got from all present and past owners is that the CBR1100 is capable of epic speed but does it in such an effortless manner you don’t realise it. Lets just say I discovered they weren’t lying. After another cuppa and a sandwich we headed off but I took the lead and disappeared into the distance. I loved every second of the way home and got back into my driveway at about 15:00. Backed her into the garage and went inside for a rest. I had a few aches and pains but that’s just the body getting used to the new riding position. Normally I’d break it in slowly but had no choice but a long run with this. It didn’t matter, nothing was going to take the smile off my face.

So, this morning I was up bright and early and immediately off to RPM to get Ronan to install a Thatcham approved alarm system. While there I discovered what motorcycle mechanics do when it’s snowing and they have no customers. Hands up anybody that knows what happens when you put a Honda CBR1000 Fireblade engine into a quad?? Nobody…… THIS (please excuse crappy iphone video quality):

So after that bit of fun and getting the alarm sorted I was on my way home to give the new baby a bath and take some well deserved photos. Here she is:

Bring on the sunny days!!!!