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Well, not really, but it is a little story from the TT...

On the Thursday night before the TT, Glen and I wandered into town to meet up with some of the other TT riders at a local pub for drinks and dinner.

On our way we bumped into Chris and Julian parked up at a different pub so stopped to say hello to them.  While listening to some of their mad IBA stories and plans I hear a delightful sound approaching us.

I thought, "that sounds nice", and turned to see what was coming up the street.  Ah, I nice red VTR, just like my old one...

As it went past, I noticed tinted front screen and the Two Bros mufflers (they can set off car alarms not you know), which definitely started ringing some bells.  Could it be?

And then, of course there was the number plate - that clinched it.  My old girl was in Greymouth.  But why?

A bit later, Glen and I wandered off to find the pub where were all meeting and stumbled across the VTR parked outside another pub (there appears to be a lot of pubs in Greymouth).  The fact that it was outside the "wrong" pub made me wonder if the bike was not here for the TT or had found its way into the hands of a Coaster.

I had to grab a few pics.

Fast forward to Friday and after registering at the TT HQ, Glen and I had plenty of time to wander around looking at bikes and chatting to others.  Then I heard that sound again...the old girl was off on a wee 2,000km ride then.

This time I was able to catch up with the rider who had bought the bike in the 'naki where I had sold it to, and it had somewhere in the mid 50kms on it - I sold it in 2011 with around 32k on it.  It looks like the current owner might be planning to put a few more kms on it than it's done in the last 14 years..

Glen and I finished the TT pretty early in the morning (9am) and only hung around for about an hour and I didn't get to hear the old girl again, but I hope she got the job done and the owner had a good ride visiting a lot of gas stations...

Fond memories...