Saul

Her 125 is to slow and I don't want her to feel pressure to take risks to try and keep up. Her 125's sweet spot is 40 to 60 mph which would be ok but it loses out big time in acceleration. I am happy to make allowances but I can't expect the group to compromise their day out to accommodate my gate crashing daughter. I am confident they would but it would get old.

I want to take her out on a few rides just the two of us before going out in a larger group. I don't want her to have pier pressure to go faster than she is comfortable with.

I went for a Bimble down to Blackwater then on to Perranporth with 4 of my mates this morning. Shadow wanted to come and had a bit of a strop as I told her she couldn't take her bike, she did mellow and came pillion with me in the but she wasn't happy. She did improve after a couple of hot chocolates

Yeah tis very like a CB500F to ride but just a very angry one, nothing not to like The Honda Grips here are £300. I reckon my Ultimate Add Ons grips feel just like the standard ones, no thicker. Damerells, the Honda Dealership where I bought my Hornet, recommended them and I can't fault them. The Oxford Grips I have on my CBF600 are a bit thicker and much quicker to warm up. They work very well but are just ugly.

Jealous ?

Very nice bike, I like the Pipe to. I see someone has spent money on farkles for it. I will be interested to hear how you get on as a Hornet Owner. Did you actually test ride it or jump in both feet? When I first rode the Hornet on a test ride, no decision to make I had to have it. I got these heated grips as they are the same as I had on my CB500F, work very well and no huge control box bolted to the handle bars like you get with the Oxford Hot grips. I have a mate with the Standard Honda Heated grips on his CB500F and he wasn't that impressed especially as they cost more than double the price mine did. https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/ultimateaddons-advanced-heated-grips/120mm?srsltid=AfmBOopZ3M4zmiCX9-aOnD2wMcvgZLENhA2zjwd4Rxsa9J1CgW48E-Ck3Pg&gQT=1

I think we are there mate. As you know I had to fix Shadows CB125F a couple of times, I noticed there are loads of them on Ebay crash damaged up for auction as write offs with little more than plastic damage. All eminently fixable but insurance write offs nonetheless. It's sad when it is deemed cheaper to throw stuff away rather than fix it.

I tend to attract them as well, I always put it down to me being a decent, pleasant and approachable individual, not sure why you attract them, unless you are hiding your light under a bushel on here.

Are they available Clive. Seems a waste of a decent bike for the sake of a black box.

Bin bit busy the last couple of days but still here. Got a 100 mile bimble in on the CBF yesterday and get the dash and rear cams set up. I have worked out to get the video off the mounted cams but it is a little protracted tis a learning curve. Interesting to watch the tyre pressure rise as the tyres warmed up. I knew it happened but was interesting to see it happen in real time. I do like the Aoocci thinger I have fitted to the bike, a toy I know but useful and interesting to me. Spent some time on Shadows bike this morning as she picked up a rear puncture. Fixed with a repair kit, it was in a safe place to do so. Also noticed that she has covered 2100 miles since her birthday last October. Think she will need a new tyre in the next 1000 miles or so. I took her CB125F out for a 10 mile spin after doing the tyre, all good. I must say that it is a thoroughly pleasant little thing to ride, I don't want one but would commute on such a thing if I worked within 10 to 15 mile of home. Very frugal on fuel and comfy, if dog slow. I remember from riding it in the dark that the lights are very good for any bike let alone a 125.

Fecking hate having work done in the house, living in uproar is a total pain in the arse. I remember it well when we bought our house. My Mrs is now making noises about having a new bathroom, fuck that

Mevagritty made me laugh.

That could very well happen

Been out playing bikes all day. The reason I fitted the break out fuse box to my CBF is I wanted an Apple Car Play unit fitted to my bike. All done today with Sat nav, cameras from and back and tyre pressure monitoring packaged in. Seems a reasonable well put together bit of kit and surprisingly reasonable given how much the Unit does. MIL paid for it as a Christmas Present, dear of her. All working perfectly. Now just gotta have a day out to experiment with it. Longest bit of the job was routing the wires, nothing hard just took patience Front cam Rear Cam.