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The finish is shite on it these days, but then it was after it's first winter & hasn't got a huge amount worse since then. I've not had the fun of rotting wiring yet, but that was an issue on the RF600 I had just after my test. mechanically it's great which is the important thing though.
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My 1996 Fireblade had 110,00 (or more) miles on it when I sold it, and the finish was still good, Apart from the headers which had rotted through. I was fed up with it then, as it had been my winter commuter for 3 years at that point.
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My Hornet seems to suffer a lot less over winter, I think Honda use real metal not shiney cheese for making bits out of.
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Only the Japanese built stuff, the non-Japanese factories can be a bit wank with the finish.
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Definately don't buy any Honda made in Spain and expect a decent finish because they were corroding the day they came out of the box!
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My Spanish built Honda Deauville is still in excellent condition at 20 years old. But then it would beDodgeRover wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:07 pm Definately don't buy any Honda made in Spain and expect a decent finish because they were corroding the day they came out of the box!
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It was nearly warm today & sunny so I ignored the draft from the strong breeze & went for a toddle out. Got 37.5mpg from the last tankful of dinosaurs, which considering it the wind & all the short trips it's done in the freezing cold isn't bad. Much better than the 27mpg on a run it was doing when really bad. I might have sorted it...
I tried a local bike cafe, Revs n Relics, for breakfast. It was pretty good so I'll be back there again. Obviously the pic is a different cafe I went to later.
I tried a local bike cafe, Revs n Relics, for breakfast. It was pretty good so I'll be back there again. Obviously the pic is a different cafe I went to later.
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I went out again today & randomly found a mint GSX14 to park next too & scare the owner. He didn't stay too long, I think he was worried about the dirt migrating.
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Having thoughts of returning to instructing. This is in budget and would be OK for an instructor bike.
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