Borrowed a BHPian's litre-class superbike & clocked 1000 km: Here's why

The Speed Triple 1050 is his daily, while a Ninja ZX-10R does the weekend rides, track days & touring.

BHPian krishnaprasadgg recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

But wait the bad day had just started, so now that I had a plan in place for what needed to be done with the R1 I still had to be in Kerala the same day anyway, while I was weighing my options I had pinged a few friends abt what happened and one of my friend offered me his spare bike to made the ride home, for some added context, my car was in Kerala so I did not have that option with me...

So continuing off this post, the bike that I had for the trip ahead was a bike I had ridden before and fallen head over heels for and no it is not a supersport-faired ballistic missile but rather a super naked gut-wrenching torque monster the 2014 Speed Triple 1050 with the Arrow slip-ons for some added aural pleasure!

And yes, for many this bike might not be a stranger, this has been featured on this thread itself before and the bike belongs to fellow bhpian @wolfy. Who graciously donated his daily (yeah, you read that right! With over 36k km on the odo the Speedy is his daily bike, while his 10R is reserved for everything else from weekend rides, track days, and touring) for an open-ended trip to Kerala. Friendships made over motorcycles are strong let me tell you!

A filter coffee stop at Salem, Not sure if it's evident from the pic but the ride from Bangalore till Salem was a super wet one as it was raining heavily for the entire 200 km stretch, and I was drenched to the bones, so the coffee stop was worth it.

Well, there's not much more to say about the bike other than it's packed with some gut-wrenching torque, how fast it goes is irrelevant but it'll get you there quickly and with plenty of drama! The angry and deep snarl of the triple and decel pops is a treat to the ears! But yes, the wind blast is a downer, but it's the nature of the beast, it's super naked after all.

I'll let the pics do the talking.

Anyway, after a few days in Kerala, I had to return the bike to @wolfy, even though he was gracious enough to tell me to keep it till I wanted, I couldn't stomach keeping the speedy away from him considering how much he loves it and also because it's his daily rider for commutes. Meanwhile, I also got word that a temp fix for the R1 was ready the details about which are already mentioned in the post above.

So I made the ride back to Bangalore, which made my time with the speedy for almost 2000 kms of riding, 1k now and almost as much from previous rides and I can say my love for this bike has only increased.

I finally was back home and took a few hours rest before handing over the bike to @wolfy.

Post returning the bike, I went over to collect it. I have been super lucky to be able to ride quite a few of these beasts and that too over longer distances because of awesome riding buddies I appreciate and love almost every bike I have ridden, but no matter how many km I ride and enjoy the other bikes, as soon as I swing my leg over the R1 and start riding it again, the feeling of pride and love I feel is just on another level. I just love my bike and that cross-plane engine that much!

Finally, the R1 was back home, and here is where the ODO meter stood, with that, I was all prepared for the 500 km ride back home and for the milestone I was about to hit with the R1.

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