The Shadow is such a fun bike, but also a bit tricky, I am having to relearn a lot things compared to my old style on short wheelbase sports bikes., It has no great acceleration but you do need to watch out for the heavy front wheel falling into a lock at static/slow speeds. Im not too sure how nippy it can take off at a junction either, since I''m still mastering the smooth take off.
But for sure its fun, noisy, slow, wallowing around... but great to jump on with Jirawan on the back and head off into the countryside for an hour. Our new intercom working well too which is a bonus, but it does need to be turned up a bit at 100kph,
Thats the fastest we've been so far on the motorway for a short time to try out the 4th gear, it seemed to work :D
But as much as this is great fun, it again confirms my view this is not an everyday bike and needs to be kept for trips and fun times.. I'll keep using the little shared electric scooters for short hop commutes around town.
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