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So I've now decided that as owning a 20 year old CBR with 135k on the clock, an exhaust that is terminally broken, an inability to idle properly and a tendency to drop revs when it decides to rather than when I want it to wasn't enough of a challenge, I've now taken a contract with a 75 mile daily commute (at the best time of year for sure) up the A3 and along the A272 to Midhurst.
And I see a suprising number of bikes still out in this weather, I thought I would be the only one. Certainly a newer CBR often follows me on my way home down the A3 at a safe distance (to avoid any possible detritus/stay out of the potential blast area).
So are any of my fellow brave winter warriors kicking about on PH? I migh stick a PH sticker on my helmet or sommat. You'll know its me, look for the CBR that is exhausting from somewhere in it's middle, and has tasteful brush-painted hammerite accents througout the plastics, on the forks, on the can, um, black hammerite painted wheels... (I got it cheap).
L113 if that's not enough!
And I see a suprising number of bikes still out in this weather, I thought I would be the only one. Certainly a newer CBR often follows me on my way home down the A3 at a safe distance (to avoid any possible detritus/stay out of the potential blast area).
So are any of my fellow brave winter warriors kicking about on PH? I migh stick a PH sticker on my helmet or sommat. You'll know its me, look for the CBR that is exhausting from somewhere in it's middle, and has tasteful brush-painted hammerite accents througout the plastics, on the forks, on the can, um, black hammerite painted wheels... (I got it cheap).
L113 if that's not enough!
Well it seems I posted then promptly forgot about it!
I've actually just put down a deposit on a new bike, so I'll be toasty warm and giving the CBR a well earned rest. At her age, I think she deserves to live out retirement as a sunny toy rather than commuting through the daily grime sat in the traffic with the common peasantry!
I've actually just put down a deposit on a new bike, so I'll be toasty warm and giving the CBR a well earned rest. At her age, I think she deserves to live out retirement as a sunny toy rather than commuting through the daily grime sat in the traffic with the common peasantry!
Ha, a blade, I wish. She's a dinky 600 F2. But I agree she has more than paid her way!
I did test ride the 500X at the same time before I settled for the 750, the 500 just felt like it was on its chinstraps on the motorway in a headwind wheras whilst it was not exactly an adrenaline rush, the 750 just seemed ambivalent about everything around it. I swear I could have hit a cow at seventy-ten on that thing and it would have just plowed on without a care.
I don't think the salesman would let me test that though. Certainly the roadholding on pot-holed greasy muddy crap roads that seem to permeate Hampshire and West Sussex was confidence inspiring. The single disk (which I was skeptical about) was incredibly strong - better than the doubles on the CBR - and the weight is so low and central she's easy to balance.
I did test ride the 500X at the same time before I settled for the 750, the 500 just felt like it was on its chinstraps on the motorway in a headwind wheras whilst it was not exactly an adrenaline rush, the 750 just seemed ambivalent about everything around it. I swear I could have hit a cow at seventy-ten on that thing and it would have just plowed on without a care.
I don't think the salesman would let me test that though. Certainly the roadholding on pot-holed greasy muddy crap roads that seem to permeate Hampshire and West Sussex was confidence inspiring. The single disk (which I was skeptical about) was incredibly strong - better than the doubles on the CBR - and the weight is so low and central she's easy to balance.
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