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Congratulations @boboneleg, great picture!

There is a story which I won't bore you with but I will be stripping the forks this week so will be on it soon.

7 miles of twisties without the slow hairpins but great views and fast, we call it "Sheep Alley" as that's the main hazard

Fuck off Ian, I never do anything on my bikes, when I had dirt bikes I'd scrape some mud off if I came over all "Pete-ish" oh and change my own tyres, apart from that I never kept them long enough to warrant an oil change Oh, I replaced the clutch in my Pegaso once

They are the latest fad, until someone has an off and breaks their hip.

Keep toying with buying th CF450MT but took the old girl out today, she's been neglected because of the Sled and T100 , not started for months, anyway 2nd spin and she fired up , we've been together now for 15 years or more and she still makes me grin like a twat.......so the the CF450MT is low on the list again.....not all trails are well used

I wonder if it came with the "hipster man bag"

Well played Edinburgh zoo.

Basically what I do on the Harley.

@Saul how did the fork painting go?

Just did a quick search and the Prolink was available here but only in silver.

That got your attention! Get your thoughts out of the gutter. I have been getting a bit of a wiggle from my back end (okay just stop). When I did the inner primary bearing I had a quick check of the swing arm and noticed that the isolator rubbers were looking a bit knackered, for some reason Harley decided that the swing arm pivot shaft should go through the back of the transmission and double up as the rear engine mount. To this end the Luther ends of the shaft are mounted in some rubber isolators for vibration damping but to also allow the rear of the motor to move a little in the frame. It is such a brilliant design that they did it differently from the model year after mine. The isolators wear and odd handling occurs, usually a wobble in long curves. With mine I am getting what feels like some rear wheel steer intermittently. Rather than just replacing the isolators, I have decided to fit a different pivot shaft with after market isolators. I have this sat on my dining table at the moment, while I am on I am going to renew the radial swing arm bearings and bushes. So that’s something for you all to look forward to, you lucky people.

Yeah it had a Pro Link. Shame really with a decent paint job and black frame would be a unique and interesting motor.

Pretty sure that was called the Super Sport and later the Pro Link, the latter was US market only if I recall, still never came with the HRC colour scheme though. You are right about the side panels though, definitely a previously faired bike.

Yeah it doesn't look right, especially with the red frame and black Honda Badge. Judging by the side panels it is a CBX F2 without the fairing. I know it sounds daft but the bike actually looked quite diminutive next to more modern stuff. Still one lump of a motor though.

Finish still looks good on the forks, are they anodised?

I took a quick ride out to The Cove at South Queensferry after church, there were a few bikes there, it absolutely pissed down just after I walked into the cafe so everyone ducked inside until it stopped, it’s a great place, there was much banter, the sun came back out and the rounds of tea started flowing, had a burger followed by a good cigar before heading home. It is currently trying to rain again.

One of the limited edition Thruxton RS’s.

Those are CBX 550/750 colours, strange choice.

Out with the Fowey seniors, 7 of us with combined age approaching 450 Up to Kitt Hill for the 1st of the month bike meet. Some interesting bikes there but there always is Not a massive fan of what has been done to this CBX but it is out there being ridden which a lot aren’t. After Kitt Hill we headed off to Tavistock for a look around a vintage fair but no bikes. After that up to Dartmoor and Princetown for a drink then home. About 90 miles but good ride. Weather a bit changeable on the moor. Had a new chap turn up this week with a triple Shaded 500X Pete would have loved it

i shant be participating in this farce no more... i put up a perfectly good pic of one of my bikes and its not here..

A fetish to ride agricultural vehicles on the road and gather with a large groups of men and sing ?