{"id":12689,"date":"2018-12-08T13:11:51","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T13:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12689"},"modified":"2019-02-02T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T08:28:06","slug":"on-thinking-about-being-unfaithful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12689","title":{"rendered":"On thinking about being unfaithful"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does it fade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does it get stale?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do we get tired of the ‘same old thing’ (even if that ‘same old thing’ is what used to take our breath away and give us butterflies in our excited little tummies)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when I say ‘in our excited little tummies (except I just typed ‘timmies and I have no idea what an excited little timmy might be, other than a hyperactive five-year old child)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where was I?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh yes, and when I say ‘in our excited little tummies’ I’m sortov speaking for humankind, because I’m not a ruminant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obvs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the topic of thinking of being unfaithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I consider myself to be a true and loyal person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, my current motorbike is a Kawasaki ZX10R, and my previous motorbike was a Kawasaki ZX9R.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The motorbike before that was a Triumph Daytona 955i, and the motorbike before that was a Triumph Daytona 955i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I think you can see the pattern here and possibly get an insight into my brand loyalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved the Daytonas. Their 1,000cc triple engines made a delicious sound. They were fast, responsive (and never, ever sluggish or brutish), and very nimble machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And oh, so comfortable. So comfortable in fact that I rode one from the UK, around Spain, and home again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Triumph, in their not very infinite wisdom, dropped out of the 1,000cc Sportsbike market. Idiots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the 955i getting long in the tooth, and falling behind in the world of biketech, my only choice was between dropping down to a 675cc Daytona or switching brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although not really underpowered, the 675cc Daytona isn’t the same high-performance workhorse that its 1,000cc cousins were. The switch to another brand was the only real option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I loved the ZX9R so much I put 18,000 miles on it in 18 months; that’s a lot of miles for a motorbike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And when she too started showing signs of ageing, the upgrade to the shiny and brand new ZX10R was another easy decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love(d) the ZX10R.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part hoodlum, part thug, part perfect dinner-party host, packed with all of the latest computing, and a wonderfully responsive bike. She knows\/knew what I want to do (and reacts to that impulse) before I even know what I want to do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had her from brand-spanking new, I’ve looked after her meticulously and in the coming Spring she will be exactly three years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wouldn’t change her for the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why is it, in these quiet weeks (when the weather is so bad that getting out on any kind of a motorbike is next to impossible) that I’ve been considering unfaithful thoughts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why have I been looking at the 2019 Yamaha YZF-R1 and thinking about trying one out?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2019 Yamaha YZF-R1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Update<\/strong>: I took the ZX10R out for a little run around the village this afternoon. I think I’m keeping her<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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