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@@augustinobinoy Lancashire, UK 🇬🇧

I wouldn't yet but we are going to see this technology in more and more models in the future and if you live in the UK it's still on the cards that there won't be a choice in a few years

@@mikeonabike8531 - many thanks Mike. Appreciate your thoughts. Let us hope our Lords & Masters will wind back on their agendas. All the best now.

I was surprised I've been riding 40 years and when whispers of hybrid bikes started circulating about 5 years ago I was a keen opponent saying it'll never work, however I'll gladly admit I might of been wrong

@mikeonabike8531 My personal opinion?? You have to look at the pros and cons, I've also been riding 40 years and have seen the changes through the years .. (Pretty much like yourself.) Cons... Speed/acceleration Looks Sound. Part of what I love about a motorbike is the sound it makes.. I would say that a lot of people would agree on this subject..I'm not a fan of F1. My friend is and watches it. He has also been to see FE. I think it's called Electric F1 basically, hardly anyone there in contrast to standard crowds..same as the BSB and TT races.. Looks.. I just think at this stage, they're an ugly bike. Again, this is a major factor when choosing any vehicle, especially a.motorbike.. Speed..I'm not a speed demon, however, now and again, I do enjoy a blast. My main preference is exceleration to mid range. However, in saying that, I wouldn't by a.motorbike , that had a top speed of 100mph.. So, they're the cons, what are the pros , that would make me or anyone else part with our hard earned cash, for and choose the hybrid over, say a zzr 600/650?

@@snakeman9902 PRO 1 Speed/acceleration it's there (Well almost!!), when launched properly they say it will accelerate faster from a standstill then a ZX10R (Unfortunately I didn't get to test this and of course there is only an infinite amount of time about 5 seconds before the ZX10R catches up) but what we must remember is this is only the 1st model release and I'm sure come 2025 and onward we'll see this technology moved on to Kawasaki's bigger models - The speed to catch traffic on A-roads etc is already there, it did this easily and if you're in sports mode and still need that extra boost, lets say to overtake a larger vehicle, you press the boost button and it's all there. PRO 2 Fuel efficiency, pretty self explanatory you can use in sports mode using the petrol engine when on nice open roads, giving you bigger ranges for touring etc, however if you drive into a town/city switch to Eco mode where it will effectively work as any hybrid vehicle and switch between the petrol engine and electric motor, if you then drive in to a traffic quite area/ULEZ etc switch to full electric where it will only run off the motor. PRO 3 Do you have that grumpy neighbor who doesn't like you going to work in the morning, No problem drive to the nearest main road in electric or Eco and let them catch up on there beauty sleep. My cons are as follows but there are some that may not always remain so. CON 1 Looks you're spot on but again I'm almost certain it'll be brought to other models soon. CON 2 Price at the moment it's a big catch point but remember this is really the birth of this technology in bikes and I believe it will drop sooner rather than later as the ranges are expanded. Conclusion would I buy one now - No but I am in a fortunate enough position to have a fleet of bikes at my disposal and if they do cross the technology over to lets say a Z900 I'd be all over it.

She was so funny

Cheers Skeggy was a great day and proud to be part of it

That's a shame pal it was a decent run in some reasonable weather for a change

Cheers buddy hopefully get a few more up this year

Camera records video but no sound, tried with new mic but still nothing but will still record it

MikeonaBike :( can you not borrow a new camera from work? Be a shame not to get any decent footage this year

@@mikeonabike8531 id use that as the dedicated rear facing camera and get a 2nd new camera for main

OldManTony Both excellent bikes Tony, the Vulcan is a brilliant everyday bike and still lots of fun, however if I was buying a second weekend bike this would be considered

mrsvivianisme Gill says yes of course you can xx

OldManTony gets a better attendance every year..the organizer is a legend and charity stalwart around these parts

Skeggy Cruiser Caught us totally out of the blue mate was clear just before this...ride safe buddy

OldManTony Yeah it was terrible, just had to pull in at 1st services, I'll try not to get caught out like that again

McrRider We always seem to pick wonderful weather lol

She Deserved it Tony, she's been good to me, be kind to her in return, I had to eat the cake though

OldManTony Haha there would be too many suggestive pictures around here for them to cope with

Kevinrodgersuk For some reason they seem to get worse every year, there's a serious investment needed around here, but who knows when that will come

Never, mate. The cost now is way too much for us to afford. They'll keep disintegrating until they disappear. Those owning off road bikes will be the real winners...:)

Gary Billington I could put a bad road up every week around here, I might just tag them onto the end of videos and leave a tag in the description

Hepcat Harley Thanks mate, all I can say at the moment is it's not bad

Lol Yeah I think they'll make me hide it

Cheers Rob

Thanks Buddy

McrRider Cheer's buddy, you'll have to show me you're route

Buggerlugs Thanks mate, really looking forward to it and can't wait to start, would be great to see a few people pop in, defiantly come over and say hello

It was only a slight drizzle when we set off...but yeah we felt the cold OK when we hit the bad weather and the coffee certainly helped

Hopefully as soon as possible but maybe wait for the snow and freezing fog to disappear

Buggerlugs Thanks mate look forward to it too

Thanks for the sub mate very much appreciated..... 2nd year of vlogging for me and taking the channel in a new direction for 2018.... I think just being yourself and put up what you like to do is the way forward..... and enjoy it.... ride safe mate 🖖🏻LL&P🤪

OldManTony Thanks Tony, happy new year and there will be more to come

Rob 64 Cheers Rob, hopefully have some more new stuff up soon

Cheer's Buddy catch you out and about soon

john jones Kawasaki ER6 buddy

Ali Hueston Can't wait mate one of the highlights of the year

Cheers buddy was a very nice bike

david bailey They do say someone's rubbish is somebody else's treasure, so I'm all for putting it to good use if you can

Skeggy Cruiser There's certainly tourqe there rather than outright power its a really fun bike, but yeah I'd probably stick with the 1300 too

OldManTony I'd certainly give one a test ride Tony although I wouldn't really class this as a cruiser, its controls are set too far back for that category I think

Hepcat Harley I thought about it prior to the Vulcan, was kinda torn between the two, I'm sure one day one might be heading my way

Bex88 Haha didn't really think you were in trouble, great to see you again

A Garden Shed Vlogs It was a great day mate, if your ever up North and need anything give me a shout

Nice to meet you too mate, I wasn't subscribed for some reason but I am now

Womanwolfrider Fantastic day and nice to see you again

It was fantastic Tony, I think the last count was around 4000 this year

OldManTony there are a few but this wouldn't be as part of an existing party, policies, manifestos etc, completly independent and consisting of armed forces veterans that haven't forgotten there oath to the country only