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Cake day: December 6th, 2023

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  • I get the thrill of going fast on a slow bike like the GZ250. I have dragged pegs and asked it to do ridiculous highway trips (once 80mi of highway in one go, on a bike that can barely do the speed limit), and I even tried offroading the poor thing. (I dropped it a couple times lol)

    The Street Triple is a whole different beast. One that tempts me to go way too fast. Luckily, I can (usually) resist those temptations and just cruise along.

    I am being safe. I keep any slightly naughty things away from traffic, and I am ATGATT. It’s weird how unsafe some riders are, just today a bald man on a cruiser passed me on the highway with no helmet.


  • My first bike was a 2006 Suzuki GZ250, a little beginner cruiser bike with just enough power to keep up on the highway with it pinned in top gear. Comfortable and fun, especially around town.

    After 3500 miles on the GZ, I made quite the jump to a 2012 Triumph Street Triple R. I wanted something sportier but still fairly comfortable (vs something like an R6, where there were plenty available near me). I didn’t want something heavy or something that I would grow out of soon. I’ve only had it for about a month but so far I’m loving it! It’s incredibly fast (to me ofc; can’t even imagine what a literbike feels like), I really need to be careful with it lol