What can I tell you, an English guy who works as an ONLINE English and Spanish teacher in Granada, Spain.
I’ve been here since 2009 and have turned into a MAD biker / Vlogger. That’s since the kids have grewn up and don’t really want to spend time with their “parents”, that’s unless it suits them.
As I’ve just said, kids grow up, midlife crisis and I decided it’s time to get back on two wheels. Now thanks to and with the help of my little brother, who just happens to be the owner and instructor at RAVEN MCT in Derby, I flew back to the UK and did my Direct Access. That was before the UK officialy came out of Europe and the Spanish goverment had to recognise the validity of the English Test and translated it a full Spanish license. Now, if I’d have taken my test in Spain, I would have been restricted by size and power, sorry but NO, and back to the UK I flew.
Ok, it took a couple of visits to the UK, what a shame, but I stopped my training to help my brother move to his new premises. Lots and lots of rubbish thrown away, buildings taken down and or moved to another part of the yard. Basically, it was all hands on deck and thanks to everyone who volunteered it was sorted and back in business after a very short time.
OK, back to me, my favourite subject, and my little steps into the world of motorbikes. I spent a long time looking at bikes, talking to people, asking questions and then thinking long and hard. I don’t have money to throw away, so it’s a case of need more than want.
OK, lots of thinking about what I need and after many hours of investigation a decision was made SUZUKI VSTROM, the 650 not the 1000. I found one in Malaga, not too far away, LOW mileage and was in very good condition, so off I went, cash in my pocket and came home on Black Beauty aka La Bella Negra.
Since then I’ve done my mods, added my farckles and basically made the bike mine. We’ve also done a few kilometres since then, trips to the UK, riding around here and there, we’ve been camping with her a few times and she’s only let me down once. I’m convinced that it was the wife’s fault because she wanted to see Paris on the way back from the UK on our last “international trip”. Well, Black Beauty threw her toys out of the pram, along with the main drive seal, and that’s it. Of course it was a Friday night, break down recovery was good but my OLD insurance company weren’t! There are videos knocking around somewhere and if I get chance I’ll link them below.
Right, it’s time for me to stop and get some rest because I’m building this website between my classes and when I get chance.
CIAO