Short answer: Last Tuesday 🥳🥳🥳
Lil Boop (CBR500) is home after almost 2 months getting the key sorted. Two weeks of that was me dilly dallying … hoping key got handed in, hoping I win lotto and can forget about the bike 😂 or hoping by some miracle a spare part would be found for $100.
Alas, no so had to do full insurance claim #GoodbyeNoClaimsBonus but $400 excess did turn out to be around $1,800 total cost for Suncorp so really got a bargain there by comparison.
I have heard a lot about how it’s a ‘downgrade’ and ‘piece of shit’ now I’ve sampled G-Force 😻 but honestly being able to freely ride once again, no cares (except don’t get booked speeding) is better than having 1000cc’s of phwoaarrrr under you. For me anyway.
Getting on the CBR again was a lol on its own. The seat goes all the way from the top of my butt crack to the front of my … well … front. The seat I have lovingly straddled for 2 years is now a stranger to me.
Not just the seat either! The handing, the sound, the lack of power, the posture, the pegs and levers, the clutch slip, the delayed acceleration, shitty rev bombs 🤣🤣 fuck I’d tell me to shuddup even.
But as the week went on and I set out on my first group ride in a few months, the cheeky little squirt poked its head out again. I’m so torn still about moving on.
And the handling is so light and flickable. Look ma, no hands!!!!!!! I don’t even take my hands off the bars often to stretch – due to the almost upright riding position. Cheee-hoooo.
It’s been an adventure just reacquainting myself with Lil Boop. These are likely our last few weeks together. Sad but a fact of life when upgrading. Otherwise what would be the point of upgrading.
I hope there will be a newbie that loves her and gets up to as much mischief as I have lol. Long live the Little Red Queen ❤️
Update: one week back on Lil Boop and we are back to being besties.
Lady Rider Brisbane 