Blabbering Fool

The Unicorn... once more.
Soon I will be writing the long term update of the Unicorn.
The report contrary to the name, is very very short. And I am hoping that the test bike remains with me for long long long. I happened to think of my riding style and it struck me that I'm not likely to be the rider to claim extracting the most kmpl possible.
For one thing, I like to warm my bikes nice and long each morning. For this, I check two things -exhaust header temperature and cylinder head temperature. You got to be a little careful with the exhaust header - a light flick of the fingers on the pipe is good enough. light and quick - otherwise you might smudge your fingerprints a bit. The other is no sweat. just touch the "head" of the engine. It should feel atleast warm to the touch (The temperature inside the engine is more than 5 times the outside temp). All this is done with the choke on. May Greenpeace forgive me!
Then while riding, I tend to blip the throttle when down-shifting. It just feels sooo right when the revs trail off in the very tempo you desire. And on the Unicorn, this is even more sublime. You can just feel the cogs meshing and synching with the crank almost as a single cohesive thought. They can almost sense what is desired. Yup, I am quite besotted. But, not blind. The shift from first to second has to be done with a lot of care. If you go like mad and then try to switch to second in haste, the resulting - KADANG- is nerve wracking. It's vey frustrating as well, it just kills your speed, tempo and concentration. AND BURNS MY BLOODY BLOOD....
breathe... breathe....

I hate having to molly coddle my bikes once they are off the stand and all warmed up.
But flaws are good, it kind of lends character. Not this flaw though. It's plain annoying.
And it has little to do with this aspect of non-character but, if I was the Badshah of the automotive kingdom, I would want a Unicorn! Yes... I would. But, only as Begum No.x. The necessary spice, vice and enigma is something I refuse to do without. And the please-all Unicorn is little too obedient to make me happy.

BTW : Vanita Singh is Vanita Kartikeya Singhee from this day on. By her own will and admission. Blabbered a little long, have I?