Saul

I could see that. My mate who has the red CB in the pictures is shorter than me.

Bugger I should have taken some photos. The x was a green one too, my favourite colour. Showroom was full of bikes all lined up waiting for the new 23reg number.

i am not very tall mate, but quite heavy, I played rugby as a prop forward and am still that shape. I am 5'8" not sure what that is in metrickery

Very good mate, a joy to use. There was an X parked next to mine in the showroom, looked quite a bit taller to my eye.

I am loving it mate, smaller lighter and faster. Comfy at low speed and handles well when you wind it up, feels like a big 125 in size. Early days yet as I have only done 40 miles but I am well pleased.

Got my Honda today, popped into see a mate on the way home and parked next to his unridden one. He has all the farkles and all the shine but not one mile on it yet. Nice though. Very pleased with my bike though, just gotta get a few miles on it now.

Exactly why I want them, not going anywhere rough just want to keep the windblast off

Funnily enough I bought some hands guards from AliExpress as well for exactly that reason.

There is a whole section on Wish for a CB500X. Don't look

Thank you for that Caroline, I will being going back. Not sure I will get an appointment today although I have tried, but as I work for 111 I will probably be able to get an appointment with one of our GP's tonight. While not perfect it is a choice to talk to someone. I know the Colchicine makes me feel rough and I have since checked and it reacts badly with another med I am on, so now I know this I will be on it. Thank you again. Edit: Further update, Dr got back to me and I am going in at 3.30pm for an ECG, blood pressure check and to discuss my meds. Had a few more things worrying me as well as the gout so it is time to get it sorted.

That's a valuable bit of kit nowadays. Beautiful Bike.

I know mate I am in a FB group for Himalayans so will clean it up and get it on there. Hopefully get a couple of hundred back for all the bits I got.

Well de farkled the Himalayan to go back today. I can say that the Hugger was pretty ineffective at keeping the bike arse end end clean.

That's a bloody contrast. Didn't really give it a chance but each to their own, I know mine freed up alot after 1000 miles. Still slow though.

Yep, also a collection of portraits of his mistress. The worst one was of his parents naked and disemboweled. There was a dark side to him for sure. On the tour you go through 3 rooms he decorated psychedelicly in the 1960's, they are pretty trippy and to be honest I thought more vandalism than decoration.

Honestly mate I think the Honda will be all I need, but probably best to never say never. if that makes any sense. I want to build a new shed for bike stuff, to save the house being cluttered with all the paraphernalia that bikes cause and I may get a small trails type bike to live in it. I have this 10ft x 10ft concrete base I cast years ago for the kids to have pools on in the summer months. Would make a perfect base for a bike shed. Especially if I built the shed a bit taller with loft space and insulated it. It’s right out side the back door so very convenient and I could add a covered area to park my bike in.

I am not on allopurinol at the moment, I just get prescribed Colchicine when I have a bout of gout . I think it is probably time I go and have a chat with my Dr about allopurinol again, the last time we talked about it he thought that I wasn't getting the gout regularly enough to warrant it. Not feeling that great in general so going to make the time to go and see him. Thanks for the reply

No it was 3 months old when I bought it, had 700 or 800 miles on it, can't remember exactly. I had originally intended to keep it for a year and trade up once I got my confidence back around the time of my birthday in September, but it was starting to feel slow so I guess I was ready to take the next step sooner than I thought. I do still like it and if I hadn't decided to have only one bike I would have liked to keep it but I don't want a shed full of bikes I don't use regularly. I have been there before. Also gave me a chance to better understand what bikes were out there and what would suit what I wanted to do. I am hoping to keep the Honda for a least a couple of years but we will see. I don't think I want a big bike again but I suppose that could change also.

That is beautiful.

Have you ever done the guided tour at Longleat to see his art collection? Once seen never forgotten, especially the painting of his parents.

I very rarely drink Fred, so it's not that, I have been getting it roughly twice a year for the last 20 years or so. Seems to be getting it more often now, suppose it is an age thing .

Cornwall isn't that big mate . Also only had the Himalayan 4 months.

Not my worry Bob it’s being traded in on Friday.

True makes a pleasant change.

Seeing my Himalayan’s days with me are numbered I was keen to get out for maybe a last bimble about. I went to a village called Lerryn about two miles as the crow flys from my house. Problem is that it is the on the other side of the river so it is about 15 miles to ride around. Well not so much of a problem as the sort of roads for the majority of the way are very well suited to the Himalayan. Mostly back lanes and B roads way below the sort of speeds that it feels breathless. Lerryn itself is an old and very beautiful place that is dominated by the tidal river. I love it there but as is the case with many scenic Cornish village’s anybody from them is eventually priced out. There is a small estate, formally social housing, just up the hill but apart from that the property values are eye watering. Anyway the tide was out today so probably not at its prettiest but still lovely. There is a shot of the stepping stones across the river, not to be attempted after a drink, I am sure you can guess how I know about that fact. Further up river from Lerryn is the tiny hamlet of St Winnow. One house one farm, a boatyard and a medieval 14th century church. The church itself is the wedding venue of choice for those who can afford it, as it is only practically accessible from the river. Absolutely idyllic place for such festivities. St Winnow church is also the ancestral church for the Vivian family. Baronial Blue bloods, MP's and such, in fact the old Lord Baths mother was a Vivian. When I got home I cracked 3000 miles on the Himalayan.