The day was pretty much your bog standard normal day in London. The weather was rubbish and the road conditions less than ideal. As my car is off the road for a few days, I had to use the FireBlade to go to the gym after work, which despite getting some funny looks in the changing room, was perfectly fine. Once done there I headed back into town to grab some food and have a read of the 50th issue of Practical Sportsbikes which arrived through my door yesterday. This is when it happened.
I parked up the bike opposite the store, on the other side of the road and made my way to the crossing. Before I got there I glanced back at my bike only to see a parking warden pull up next to my bike. So, as you would expect, I returned to my bike. What followed was a wonderful ten minute conversation with a man called Daniel about the wonders of the late Baba FireBlades. It not only turns out that I'm still perfectly fine to park my bike there, but that Daniel has been thinking about getting a 929 as a second bike. He was possibly the nicest man I met all day. See, bikes bring people together. There is no division, no hierarchy. You ride, therefore you are. Simple as that. I'll take my bike over social media any day of the week. Viva la revolution!!
I parked up the bike opposite the store, on the other side of the road and made my way to the crossing. Before I got there I glanced back at my bike only to see a parking warden pull up next to my bike. So, as you would expect, I returned to my bike. What followed was a wonderful ten minute conversation with a man called Daniel about the wonders of the late Baba FireBlades. It not only turns out that I'm still perfectly fine to park my bike there, but that Daniel has been thinking about getting a 929 as a second bike. He was possibly the nicest man I met all day. See, bikes bring people together. There is no division, no hierarchy. You ride, therefore you are. Simple as that. I'll take my bike over social media any day of the week. Viva la revolution!!
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