After three moths of searching I have finally found a motorbike! After all the trouble, let downs and problems I had trying to find a second-hand bike I have ended up just going for a brand new one. Buying new might be a bad idea, but when I can pick up a brand new bike for only £1k more than a secondhand bike with 30k miles on it, you’ll forgive me for my choice! Here it is, the Suzuki (SVF 650) Gladius…
The Gladius isn’t the adventure bike we were originally looking for, it’s no V-Strom and it’s no F650GS, we have infact gone in a completely different direction. We thought it made more sense to forget about buying a bike to do the trip on and get on with just buying a bike that would be a good first bike for me, that combined with the amount of time we were wasting looking at second-hand bikes when I should be out there getting experience led us to the Gladius.
I’m picking it up on Saturday, I’ll let you know how I get on!