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Put the journey into Waze. It's the most accurate satnav that I've used, but it does fuck-up from time-to-time!

Mine and Mandy's bonnevilles have the chain on the righthand side too.

Nice one, @Slowlycatchymonkey. When does it arrive?

I had a Triumph Trophy 900 about 17 years ago, which had a hard life, used year round but not properly cleaned from what I could see. I only bought it because I couldn't afford anything more. The oil cooler cracked after I'd had it about a year. I wasn't far from home, so I limped it back. Replaced the cooler with one from a breakers and that was sorted. Fork oil seals went, but that's not unusual for a bike of its age. Rebuilt the forks myself. My biggest gripe with it was that the headers were stainless, but the end cans were mild steel. Consequently the cans would rot from the inside out. Very few aftermarket cans available for it and decent secondhand cans were rarer than rocking horse shit. I found some semi respectable cans eventually. Other than that it went well for the 5 years I had it. But I veer towards naked bikes more now, as so much gets neglected behind the fairings of a lot of fully faired bikes. Out of sight, out of mind!

Well, the arthritis in my knees is a hell of a lot better since I started biking and walking more, Pete. No mobility scooter for me for a while yet!

Take up Tai Chi. I think that it's an age thing, Bob. If I turn my head quickly or look up whilst walking I often veer off to one side, almost like I'm drunk!

Any modifications planned for it, Pete?

Overall the bike looks pretty clean. Are you going to fit the Grip Puppies, or doesn't it need them? Is it SW Motech who do a centre stand to fit?

No it's a normal tank on that. It's the NC700/750 that has the storage box in the dummy tank.

Are you going to put crash bars on it, Pete? Genuine question.

A couple of red LEDs in the vent holes should do the trick!

The slow front end turn in is what first struck me when I got mine. Yes, it's got a bigger front wheel, but the short wheelbase and normal fork rake angle should have compensated for that more I thought.