Hooli wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:59 pm

Nibblet wrote: ↑Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:04 pm I'm wondering what bike to buy next year when I've passed my full test...shall I start a thread or will all you old men just argue amongst yourselves?

Whatever you buy, we'll all disagree on it

It has to be a Honda VFR, otherwise I would disagree.

When I sold my 600 divvie it conked out in the next village about five minutes later. The new owner phoned me and I went down there, it would fire but not rev, I realised it had sat outside and there was a massive storm a couple of days previously. I nipped back home, got some WD40 and sprayed it do...

The old Honda CB400N Super Dream was actually a very good machine, a whole lot better than its CB250N sibling.
Unfortunately, tarred with the same brush.

Wear the helmet back to front, the visor won't steam up then.

DodgeRover wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:41 pm Would she be ok as a pillion or would it be overwhelming for her?

She definitely wouldn't be able to go on it.

I have my daughter, so I can't go anywhere, but Sunday I may nip out for a while.

My bike parts arrived at 12:00, Royal Mail 48hr service, posted on monday. Chucked the new master cylinder on, bled it and filled it up, connected reservoir and filled that up. Bit of bleeding and I now have a rear brake. The only fly in the ointment was me dropping a bolt down the exhaust pipe, bec...

I used to do my own, whittle a broomstick down and ram it in there.
Then I realised the local breaker only charged twenty quid if I took the forks to him, so I stopped.

Tell your lass friend to bring her broomstick.

My eBay bits are finally in transit.

They were posted four days ago, at the earliest opportunity, twenty minutes after the post office opened.
Tracker is saying they are still not in transit.

At least I don't need new forks, judging by your wait.

I used to always fit my own tyres, I don't bother now. Anyway, my brake parts were posted on Monday at 09:30 and are not even in transit yet. Really, really pissed off, I go away Monday for a week, which means the window for getting bike fixed and taken for a retest so I don't have to pay again is t...