Good Evening

[MarkyMark]

Mark from Swindon

Just traded up from  adeaville

Pick the bike up from Fowlers in 2 weeks.

Looking forward to picking the brains of you guys

[Kwikasfuki]

Hi mark and welcome to the forum.

What year and model have you purchased? I did try the deauville for commuting and found it to be boring, although a very capable bike.

[jenros]

welcome mark,
you`ll be smitten ith it in less than 5 mins,,,,,i can promise you that for sure mate!!!,it will be like riding on a magic carpet!!

[Rusty]

Hello Marky and 
This is a great place .. if you have all day start reading through the threads .. loads of topics and stuff to get into ... anything you need to know ... just ask .. it's all here ! 
Glad to hear you made the right choice of bike ... you will love it to bits ... look forward to hearing form you when you have the bike in your mits .....

[O.C.]

welcome from the Lakes mark...

there's absolutely no comparison between the deaville and the GTR, and I know you will enjoy this forum almost as much as you enjoy your GTR 

[Lonewolf]

   marky. Thats a huge step up from what you had to what your'e getting. Congratulations and welcome to the forum. 

[2kwacks]

welcome to the madhouse sorry forum and what a excellent forum it is to...! :whistling. from the Deauville to the gtr1400 like your style "one extreme to the other" dam good choice thou

[kwarrgtr]

My 'back to biking' first bike was a deaville and I cant praise it highly enuff forwhat it is. Cheap capable commuter, poss to tour (just with not to much crap). I'd thoroughly recommend to someone like me who needed to 're-find' my biking legs, and didn't want anything too 'full on'.

Anyway, I digress - welcome to this great forum, as another fairly new to the gtr and this forum, I can say only thing better than the info and banter here is....... the bike itself - enjoy both 

[MarkyMark]

I started biking 10 years ago. My first bike was a Yamaha TDM900 - still riding it and still my No1 choice. 113,000 miles on er now so she needs a little TLC. Goung around Ireland on her in July.

I have an XT660 Z Tenere for two years and have about 30,000 on that.

The wife rode the Deaville. She has given up riding, so I part-exed her bike in for the GTR. It is her bike - but I am the chaufer 

Commuted on it this week to get used to it. Very different from the twin and single I am used to. Took the wife as pillion today and she felt comfy on the back. So Le-Mans(June), Scotland(July), Alps(August) two up.

It is a black one bought from Fowlers 09 plate with 5,500 on the clock. Origanally bought in Newport S.Wales. Anyone on here?

[Nok12rs]

Welcome M-B,

This is a great forum for fun,wit,  information,  and GTReat 1400 education.  I am also a recent member and really enjoy the banter of this mad bunch.

They seem mostly from mid and north England but are quite tolerant of S.S.Bast'ds.   

Be safe   
BD

[Ziderman]

They seem mostly from mid and north England but are quite tolerant of S.S.Bast'ds.   

There are more Chips up North , not only can you see that by there waist lines , but they got um on there shoulders too....!

[O.C.]

  the old ones are the best 

BTW have you guys down there still got buckles on your wellies...summat to do with sheep not escaping methinks 

[Nok12rs]

There are more Chips up North , not only can you see that by there waist lines , but they got um on there shoulders too....!

The operative word was tolerant. And let's not forget our  signs to take the edge off. 

We are all the same underneath      BIKERS 

Eee iz a zider drinker da da dee da da dee dum ..............

[Ziderman]

BTW have you guys down there still got buckles on your wellies...summat to do with sheep not escaping methinks

Yes.....kind of tradition really...well that our excuse any how....

" I cant read & I cant rite but I can drive a Tractor............."

[2kwacks]

Welcome M-B,

This is a great forum for fun,wit,  information,  and GTReat 1400 education.  I am also a recent member and really enjoy the banter of this mad bunch.

They seem mostly from mid and north England but are quite tolerant of S.S.Bast'ds.   

Be safe   
BD

some fit in more than others you don't need to be mad but by god it helps...