Was having crazy wobbling above 80kmph after 10k kms. Changed the tyres and it fixed like it never existed. These are reise trailR 50-50 tyres. Very decent road performance for a knobby off-road tyre to be honest. The bike feels more effortless and smooth now.
I wanted to make it a scrambler tourer and I am very happy with how it looks right now. The tyres made it look even more beastly
There’s a quiet magic in sudden realization of how much healing happened out there on the asphalt. 10,000 kilometers in seven months went by in a heartbeat, yet every single ride felt like a therapy.
When I let go of my CB300R, I thought I was leaving my fire behind. I used to be the street hooligan, addicted to the frantic rush, riding for the thrill of the blur and the validation of the pack. But the RS was different. She didn't ask me to race. She gently forced me to slow down.
I traded the adrenaline for the scrambler life. I found a rugged, almost cowboy-like romance in just packing a bag, letting the bike get a little dirty, and trusting a reliable workhorse to take me to nowhere in particular. I stopped trying to be the fastest out there, and finally became the main character of my own quiet movie.
Technically, the bike is very smooth, loud, characterful, very peppy too for a 350 long stroke. I never felt like riding a 21bhp, in fact it's pretty quick unless your are doing drag races. Most importantly the bike feels alive, as if it's talking to me. It's unexplainable how "low cortisol" the rides feel on it.
Now, for me, it's more about how deeply I feel the miles rather than how quickly I cover them. Out here, I'm not chasing speed anymore. I'm just chasing peace. From EsDeeKid to Tame Impala, I grew up.