For many years, it has been my dream to own a cruiser. I bought the yamaha scooter at the beginning of the year, to see me through until such time as I could afford something better. That time came, and today I took delivery of a brand new Motomia Roma 250 cruiser. She’s an absolute beauty in black and chrome, so of course I had to take pictures. I drove down and parked her next to Blaawberg beach and used the ocean as a backdrop. Ultimately, I only decided to publish one of the pictures, but I do believe it adequately conveys how pretty she is.

She is also extremely powerful (hard to believe a 250 can have so much raw power) and I say that never even having opened the throttle all the way. The bike needs about 1300km run-in before you can go over 80km/h so for now, I’m riding nice and slow. Good thing though, as it forces me to really get to know her: how she handles, how her gears change and how she corners. Cruisers are big, heavy beasts built for power and comfort rather than breakneck speeds and while she can do a good 140 or so, she’s really more decide for leisurely cruising than high speed chases – and that suits me fine. I’m no speed freak after all.

Without further ado – here she is:

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