Saul

Sounds like you fucked around and found out. I don't blame you for trying but it doesn't always work.

Looking good Skip. Be interested to hear how you get on with it. Imagine Pete’s reaction, would have kept us all entertained.

No I bought it new October before last.

Look at this, https://www.samurider.com/?p=27567/#itemImage

Been out playing bikes again

I have a spare standard for my CBF and a spare for Shadows CB125F. None for the Hornet yet but I am watching ebay for one at the right price. So I do like a spare seat.

We do get a bit of sun in the SW. Damage was not terrible but enough to make the bike look scruffier than it is.

There is a difference between acting a twat on a little used bike forum and out in public in the area where I live

Recover only, seat was fine to use, the covere sun damaged.

I know, I didn’t go out like that I promise

I really enjoy riding it, I can’t explain why as it is a bit bland. Just warm, comfy and good handling. I also think it is also because it wanks all over my mates multi thousand pound classics and is worth a fraction of that. Perverse I know but that’s the only explanation I have

Yeah they are too big to go with those goggles.

To nice to stay in

Afternoon Paul

Just been out for a bimble on the CBF, had to do a post office run for Shadow. Stunning sunny and dry here. Bloody cold still but you can forget that when the suns out. Only managed to clock up 20 miles but sometimes that's enough to put a smile on your face. All around local roads that I have been riding all my life, just makes me happy to be out there on 2 wheels.

Just got this for local bimbling about. Great vision and light and comfy. Only a Chinky cheapie but fit for purpose.

Just got my seat back from being recovered. The old seat was sun damaged and to be honest just looked old and manky. So I tidied the bike up a little, also got rid of the Givi top box and fitted a new tank pad along with the recovered seat. Anyway found this cheap on FB and got it recovered. Chuffed to bits with the results, top quality work and turned around in 4 days. The chap is Steve from SAS Autotrim. He is based in North Wales. You can find him on FB, good as gold to deal with, very reasonable with no messing. I will always use him from now on.

Completely get that mate. part of the reason I didn't get one and ended up with an older Honda CBF. In the UK you can get a Pre reg 502X for £5k which I think is a real bargain. Proper everyday usable workhorse.

That's interesting Skip. I have seen several of these racking up the mileage on Youtube. Seem pretty reliable and a lot of bike for the money. I did have a close look at a TRK702 when it first came out last year.

Bloody nice bike in general, gearbox is an acquired taste but once you get into the rhythm of it, it's functional if a little agricultural. I wouldn't let it put me off, just part of the bike you've got to tune into. Sounds lovely with lots of torque. It's plenty quick enough 90 BHP I think, although my Hornets 90 horses seem a lot angrier than his Guzzi ones. Martyn the chap who owns it also has a Road Glide and BMW R100 but the Guzzi is his go to bike. Martyn obviously likes the clunk. He is from the Jap Crap School of thought. I just told him he is a masochist and should let himself enjoy the good things in life

What actually happened was the square was full so we waited for a space then all jumped in. Whilst eating the square cleared leaving our bikes like that. I would love to claim that we were good boys but it just happened that way.

Got a good view of that moon at work Friday night. My clinician’s response was, “great the fucking howling nutters will be on the triage lists tonight”. She wasn’t having the best of nights. .

Got the electronic Bat Signal to meet with the Distinguished Senior Gentleman of Fowey (Combined age 250) for a ride out Down West at 10:30 am. Given that I had just finished a night shift I figured why not? Didn’t want to miss out, youm a long time dead. We headed out through St Austell down the A390 to Truro. Then down to Falmouth and along the South Coast to Helston, Marazion, Long Rock and Penzance. Bleddy stunning weather but chilly. Not that it bothered me behind the CBF’s touring screen. Told the others I was actually a bit stuffy and two warm behind the screen, which they were delighted to hear in their cool looking but cold leathers . Just before we got to St Just we stopped at Boscawen Ur Stone Circle for a bit of Paganism but collectively decided it was to fucking cold to dance around the stones naked. Also with our years of experience we all pissed with the constant wind rather than against it, luckily just after we saw a hunt. Again after some discussion we decided not to lick the stones, every though one was solid quartz, as they were probably contaminated with Pagan DNA. We headed on down past Lands End airport to St Just in Penwith for a pasty dinner, met the local village idiot who wanted to sell us a Big Issue. I said ok only to hear he didn’t have any. . Fucking numpty shuffled off after that, don’t think he had a scenario worked out for that turn of events. Resident Idiot, parents were obviously two closely related With a healthy dose of heartburn we then St Just left for Godrevy onto St Ives, Hayle, the Towans finally stopping at Pentreath for a posh coffee. During which we discussed how many vertically challenged gentleman we saw riding Wank Panzers today. The Gamma ripped nicely up Pentreath hill with the Greeeves bogging behind in a plume of blue smoke. We were also a little derisory about a chap on his 24 plate Harley who went past with AC/DC blasting out of his radio for everyone’s enjoyment. Coffee and second piss done we headed home via the quick route back up the A30. Well I say quick we did have to ancient rattle machines with us who riders openly admit the vision blurs over 70 mph. Of course none of that non sense on the CBF. Left the A30 at Innis Downs then Lanivet, Lanhydrock, Fowey Cross and home in time for the rugby. Which I managed to sleep through. Good day and 130 miles with laughs, coffee and heartburn. Hoping for a summer of this

Yep and are easy to0 flush out as well