[kairos]

My fellow IBFers, I finally managed to get a decent broadband connection in my new gaff down here in Florence ( Italy, not Kentucky or anywhere else in US.... )so I can re-join you again.
Leaving Ireland was hard enough - btw please send my regards and a petrol bomb to those incompetent cnuts in Leinster House - but being a mere pedestrian in a country with clear sunny sky and 30 degrees was even more miserable. Therefore, without further due, let me introduce you to my new old bike:
She's a 1990's Suzuki DR650 RS with 33k km on the clock and I found her in my parent's garage exactly where I left her 13 years ago. It took my mechanic two weeks of hard work and 1200 yoyos of new/spare parts to bring her back to life but it was well worth it !! She's faster now then she was more then a decade ago and the two gents in the pic -aka my cousin and a good friend of mine- for my test drive brought me over the twisties of the mountains surrounding Florence.

After Pink Floyd played for their reunion concert, David Gilmore said "it was like sleeping with your ex wife"; well, I say riding my 20 years old bike was like sleeping with my first girlfriend again

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[Fr Dougal]

Wow, great story. You have some nice roads out there, haven't been to Florence in years...

Keep us posted with reports and fotos of your rideouts.

[cb1]

Holy moly!
Shes a beaut.

[Nori41]

Great to hear from you again Federico and glad you are well.

Good luck with the Suzuki. Glad you didnt buy one of them glorified red scooters....!!!!

Keep us informed how you getting on.

[The Greek AKA The cat]

The bike looks the dogs!

Do keep us posted on your ride-outs!

[Darkcloud]

Great read there Federico and good to have you back onboard ...

The bike looks fab much better than that old CBR you used to have

I reckon we now need a spin to Florence


Keep us posted ....

[jimbob]

nice machine

i remember nearly buying a DR 800 in the mid ninthy's but went for the super tenere in the end

[CBR 46]

Look at that smile Federico. You're one happy bunny

[fabio]

A definite candidate bike for going around the world! Good looking in red too and that smile says it all...you sure do look glad to be back on the road.

[mimi2010]

IBF correspondent in Italy

She's lovely and what a lovely place for spins, enjoy

[delooney]

Excellent news, Kairos, great to see you back in the saddle!

Next step for the IBF Correspondent in Italy is to strap a camera to that bike and tease us all with some sights and sounds of Tuscany!

[BooBoo]

Darkcloud, on 20 October 2010 - 08:37 PM, said:

I reckon we now need a spin to Florence

Yip spin to Florence being planned for next summer

So who's coming with YogiBear and I?

Lovely to see you back on the Forum Kairos, we miss you! Keep sending us news of your spins and your biking adventures.

[sirius]

Very nice. It looks new. It's a credit to you. Keep smiling .

[YogiBear]

Hey Federico,

Great to see you posting again. Can't wait to get back on the bike myself and get fighting fit for a long run to Italy.

As Booboo said we're going to Italy next year. Places are limited, so book early for the bear trek across Europe.

Date to be determined, but will update with another thread.

Sorry Ferdi for hi-jacking thread but it was in honour of visiting you next year sometime.

All the best.

[kairos]

Thank you all guys, it's good to be back on the road and in the forum !!

Although I have a solid history of ruining any pic I have been asked to take, I'll try to do my best to tease and please you all, documenting my rideouts to the best of my ability. Consider it my small contribution to the Bear's next year trip to Italy recruiting campaign....

[vfour]

Well the 3 of yizzz look like ya found yer happy place ,,,,Kudos man .