Saul

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.

That's interesting Skip. I have seen several of these racking up the mileage on Youtube. Seem pretty reliable and a lot of bike for the money. I did have a close look at a TRK702 when it first came out last year.

Yep and are easy to0 flush out as well

I had the front one off and next to the new sprocket , no noticeable difference between them. The wear surfaces were shiny but the profile was still good. The first picture is a little misleading as the front looks like the teeth are sharp but it is chain wax, once I cleaned it up it looked and felt ok. Yes she is out and is over Newquay Maccys, with her mate summer now, I believe.

Just been out to adjust Shadows back break as she said it wasn't feeling right and TBH I forgot to. Her CB125F is up to 6300 not 5700 miles. No wonder she is always badgering me for petrol money. Seems like only last week I gave it a 5000 mile service.

Well in that context she did okay to reach 5700 miles with the original chain. I have heard that Honda chains aren't what they were several times. Suppose I haven't done enough miles on my CB500F and Hornet to find out.

Set about replacing Shadows chain and sprockets in her CB125F today. On closer inspection the sprockets were fine couldn’t find any difference between old and new so I kept the old ones on. The original chain though was fecked. I think the damage was done to that by the first owner as it was dry when we got the bike. Judging by the way it stretched in Shadow’s first 4k miles it was a POS that had been abused. Anyway new HD gold chain on and a very happy Shadow. Hopefully won’t be adjusting this chain weekly. In comparison only had to adjust the Hornets chain 3 times in the same mileage. Also touched up the crash bars both sides following her recent off. I gotta say I like this tough little bike, I can see me taking it on when she wants to upgrade. That is if she doesn’t destroy it

Think they will sell loads of them, as Fred says the price is good, and they look the part with the right Badge on the tank. Only down side is that you would be pushed to see off a 125. I do think the look cool though.