Triumph demo ride, newb goes offroading.

[SteveP]

So an interesting day.

My bro and I headed to the demo day to ride some bikes that aren't ours. We get there pretty early and do the sign up thing. I'm riding a thruxton and he grabbed a speed triple.

After the riders meeting I'm next to a guy on a thunderbird (big cruiser type). He has the demo provided helmet, jacket, and gloves. To start things off he can't even turn on the bike. I'm thinking this can't be good. So off we go and he immediately stalls it and almost drops it. This is repeated about three more times at each light. Toward the end of the run we get to a nice marked 20mph 90deg turn. He goes in way to fast, scrapes the floor board, and ends up in the dirt. I laughed. Some people don't belong on motorcycles.

The thruxton is a really cool bike. The one I was on was outfitted with full Arrow pipes and sounded mean. Not sure if I would ever buy one. But hey, it was a free demo.