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In recent years Honda have been getting their rear shocks made by Tigger from Winnie the Pooh

I’ll have a go .. any pics

I hate all this tech......and yes, I know that sounds strange coming from somebody who's been in IT for over 30 years! But I feel that all this stuff has it's place and it's not on a bike! And I don't want to use a mobile app to get the washing machine or pellet burner to work either. I'll stick to pressing the fucking button.

For me riding a bike is to get away from it all i like the fact there's no distractions although i do find the maps essential for my type of riding. I'm all for technological advances when it comes to the bike itself things like fuel injection but ABS and traction control on a bike with less than 100 horses i could do without. I've stopped going on the CRF1000 Facebook page because since they brought out the 1100 all i see is how do i connect my phone to my bike questions and apparently i don't know just ride the fucking thing isn't the correct answer

Entree, soft sheep’s milk and cured black pig Vegetarian cannelloni, using mushrooms and aubergine as filling: Sofia’s pee rice and grilled back pig Vegetarian lasagna Squid lunch at a biker’s cafe on a short ride around

Seems legit.

This came through this morning......appears to have come from a Romanian nympho! Let me know if any of you pitiful losers are interested and I'll give you the contact details! "Hello all, guys! I know, my message may be too specific, But my sister found nice man here and they married, so how about me?! I am 27 years old, Anna, from Romania, know English and Russian languages also And... I have specific disease, named nymphomania. Who know what is this, can understand me (better to say it immediately) Ah yes, I cook very tasty! and I love not only cook ;)) Im real girl, not prostitute, and looking for serious and hot relationship..."

It’s no coincidence that nympho’s are messaging since my bike was on the front page.

This is childish but so feckin funny ................

thought she was Russian .. not an old Welsh Hag

that goes for any vehicle really

it only puts the price up

yep too much tech on modern bikes all this launch control and all that crap

That's why a bought a new Beta everyone was asking a few hundred quid less than new for the second hand ones the saving wasn't worth the risk

He was brilliant......and no different in real life!

Look at this....25 year old R1100GS.....€6550 with €200 extra to pay for transfer.

indeed they are everyone is blaming you know what

has anybody ever noticed that Sid james never altered i think he was born looking like that

yes used bikes are moving fast

Seems like everything is in demand here when i advertised my CB it was sold in about an hour pending inspection and test ride

never seen it , yeh right.... you was in one of em...

Fuck the tests and fuck covid.... just crack on .

You foreigners will have to pay

i would suppose it would depend on whose woman you are feeling

My comment was aimed more at the handling , or lack of it

Disappointed now, was expecting this.

What Tym said!

I know this is an old thread but feel compelled to add my vote here for the CB500X stock rear shock, nominated in the category of "REAR SHOCK MOST LIKELY TO LAUNCH YO ASS INTO THE BUSHES". Honestly the worst rear shock I've even had to deal with, wtf. I rode a brand new 2019 cb500x back from Bangkok to Chiang Mai (for someone who bought it and was too scared to ride it BKK) and sweet jesus it was like riding a pogo stick. 19" front wheel was no issue, tipped in nicely, but as soon as you so much as looked at a blemish in the road service that rear shock would be yeeting you through the air. Zero stars, would not recommend, get YSS tomorrow or Ohlins if have too much money. That's my 2 cents' worth. My 3 cents' worth is that having something like this wrong in your set up can totally discombobulate you, and once you lose confidence then everything becomes difficult. I had old tyres on the CBR650 for a few months there and it got to a point where I dreaded riding it down the mountain in rain because I had zero confidence that i wouldn't just slide off the road with the run-off. A new set of Rosso IIIs and I feel like a new woman. Keen to hear what was the outcome for you here.

Haha... I've only ever been told that I'm "cunning as a shithouse rat" but clearly don't qualify for the eyesight classification, being -13 I guess I'll just have to live with the disappointment

a medium wheelbase semi high roof transit

Currently my only option

Well it seems to coincide with your bollock surgery Ray!

That ‘nice man’ she refers to wasn’t me. Just wanted to clear than up.

Yebbut , 'she' is a weightlifter from the communist era .................

Not a pro eh? So what she said was she;s a slut? Getting paid for it isnt such a bad deal giving it away? Well, Facebutts free too get my drift?

Could be your last chance.

I've been riding bikes for about 46 years and, in the earlier days, it was my only transport year round, but just recently I've lost some of my confidence on the bike. I'm aware that my riding is not as smooth as it used to be and that in turn makes me feel less at ease on the bike. So I'm trying to figure out what's changed? Due to the pandemic and the move out here I had the best part of 2 years with very little riding, so, am I just rusty and the more I ride the better it'll get? Maybe it's the bike? I find the suspension much too soft for me. It dives like crazy whilst braking and wallows and wobbles on any undulations in the road. It also tramlines like crazy too, which I guess is due to the tyres. I can still get the bike over near to the edge of the tyres, but don't make progress like I used to. Maybe it's just an age thing? I'm a lot more cautious than I used to be. Has anyone else felt that the lack of getting out on the bike due to the restrictions had a negative effect on their confidence on the bike? Or maybe a bike that just doesn't inspire confidence? Your thought and comments would be appreciated.

Probably not, @MooN. Apart from the handling issues I'm finding that it's just a bit underpowered. I think that something like the upcoming Tiger 660 or a Tracer 700 would be more suited to me.

Cheers MooN, good advice. I'm actually getting better the more I get out on the bike. I guess I'm getting used to the pogo-ing and the tramlining. I think that it's more to do with the bike than me. I went for a short spin on my OH's Bonneville and felt fairly comfortable on it, apart from adjusting to the larger front wheel.

after @XTreme essay .... iv'e sussed what your problem is mate..... your getting on your neighbours bike thinking its yours cause you cant see a god dam thing.