A GSX 400 X and a strange day

It ended with a Suzuki GSX 400 X

But before that it was pretty busy. Three toddlers who panicked their hands when the good classic came by. A lady who spoke to me about how dangerous motorcycling is. The conversation went smoothly to guardian angels and advanced spirituality. She saw an old spirit in me, while I only have an old body. I was hugged when I said goodbye. Kewl.

While I chopped the messages in the sidecar, there was a man who had a long monologue about the fact that he also had a BMW. My Ural listened to the story with a smile. On the way home, an old man suddenly turned left and the straight-on scooter with two girls on it crashed full into the flank. I carefully removed the driver's key from her knee. The old man continued to apologize with her hands. A police car passed by.

Smoking is dangerous

When I got home I was approached by the smart neighbor boy who told me that smoking cigars is very dangerous. He thought that only cigarettes were dangerous. He had seen stickers on cigarettes, where a lady wiped blood from her mouth with a handkerchief. I told the boy that the lady had just done a frikadelle specially and had wiped the ketchup off her lips. But had inquired. I told him that motorcycling is much more dangerous than smoking.

My love and I did a glass of wine to evaluate the day. The phone rang. It was the LAT friend of a good acquaintance, who came to tell me with a glass of wine that she had a motorcycle that she wanted to get rid of.

We made some toasts with the pate we had bought in northern France. The lady in question had never eaten such tasty pate. We had bought the stuff at the Aldi in Laon.

Her motorcycle was a Suzuki GSX 400 X Impulse

The GSX 400 X Impulse was sent to Europe in a limited edition of 500 pieces, of which about 30 pieces came to the Netherlands. The thing looks a bit strange. The characteristic headlight housing is the most striking thing about this bike, and not everyone likes it.

The Suzuki 400 X Impulse was designed by Target Design

TD is the German design office that was also responsible for the Katanas. Our visitor had no idea what to get for her sleeping beauty. I told her that such a machine would do about 400-600 euros for trading and that she would lose all faith in humanity if she put her forgotten pride on Marktplaats or Speurders. In the meantime, things went smoothly with the wine and pate.

The ladies understood each other perfectly. I dreamed something away. Because such a strange looking Suzuki, I had once ground the valves for that. That was at the time when I was still about to conquer the world within a small and highly dynamic company. The Suzuki was from my colleague and friend Piet. That must have been somewhere in 1990 or 1991. Conquer the world? Something has intervened. The company is no longer there. The founder either. The friendship with Piet still.

And now there was such a crazy GSX 400 X again

That was pure nostalgia. I interrupted the ladies and said that I wanted little Suzuki. The LAT friend of my well-known giggled.` What fun! That's good though. Just give me a glass of wine. And that cheese, does it also come from the French Aldi? `

No idea what I'm going to pay for that Suzuki. And what that thing is like.