Saul

Again I had a similar thing with my boys scoot the other day, I noticed the front brake pads were wafer thin. I ordered new but when they came one of the pad pins seized and stripped, so bought a used caliper and fitted that. Only for the boy to tell me the front brakes had been rubbish for weeks. FFS He was shocked how good they were now they actually work. I sometimes wonder if at 21 he would have the sense to come in out of the rain. I did enjoy playing with the ped though, all relatively simple but therapeutic to do.

Funnily enough I have just come in from checking overs Shadows bike, tyre, pressures, oil, chain all the usual stuff. Then washed and GT85 ed it. Just slipped her a sneaky £10 for fuel as well. So her mother doesn't moan. She is off over St Eval this afternoon to spend the weekend at the boyfriends parents. I am going to lead her over there as she isn't sure exactly how to get there, getting home is easier as she only has to follow the signposts to St Aweful or Bodmin. Found a screw in her back tyre but only about 3 mm into the chunky part of the tyre, lucky catch

Yeah go with the red one

What's going on with the fluorescent guy in the background.?

The picture needs to be landscape or in the horizontal plane to fit the front page of the website.

Silver or Red?

Padstien to Otterham Station then back to Fowey. Unremarkable 75 mile run for coffee and cake. Nice mooch around the North coast.

Sounds like you fucked around and found out. I don't blame you for trying but it doesn't always work.

Looking good Skip. Be interested to hear how you get on with it. Imagine Pete’s reaction, would have kept us all entertained.

No I bought it new October before last.

Look at this, https://www.samurider.com/?p=27567/#itemImage

Been out playing bikes again

I have a spare standard for my CBF and a spare for Shadows CB125F. None for the Hornet yet but I am watching ebay for one at the right price. So I do like a spare seat.

We do get a bit of sun in the SW. Damage was not terrible but enough to make the bike look scruffier than it is.

There is a difference between acting a twat on a little used bike forum and out in public in the area where I live

Recover only, seat was fine to use, the covere sun damaged.

I know, I didn’t go out like that I promise

I really enjoy riding it, I can’t explain why as it is a bit bland. Just warm, comfy and good handling. I also think it is also because it wanks all over my mates multi thousand pound classics and is worth a fraction of that. Perverse I know but that’s the only explanation I have

Yeah they are too big to go with those goggles.

To nice to stay in

Afternoon Paul

Just been out for a bimble on the CBF, had to do a post office run for Shadow. Stunning sunny and dry here. Bloody cold still but you can forget that when the suns out. Only managed to clock up 20 miles but sometimes that's enough to put a smile on your face. All around local roads that I have been riding all my life, just makes me happy to be out there on 2 wheels.

Just got this for local bimbling about. Great vision and light and comfy. Only a Chinky cheapie but fit for purpose.

Just got my seat back from being recovered. The old seat was sun damaged and to be honest just looked old and manky. So I tidied the bike up a little, also got rid of the Givi top box and fitted a new tank pad along with the recovered seat. Anyway found this cheap on FB and got it recovered. Chuffed to bits with the results, top quality work and turned around in 4 days. The chap is Steve from SAS Autotrim. He is based in North Wales. You can find him on FB, good as gold to deal with, very reasonable with no messing. I will always use him from now on.

Completely get that mate. part of the reason I didn't get one and ended up with an older Honda CBF. In the UK you can get a Pre reg 502X for £5k which I think is a real bargain. Proper everyday usable workhorse.