Saul

Riding a blue dildo doesn’t make you the arbiter of taste, pillow biter maybe

I like that the only comment you responded to was that your bike was overweight. You obviously accept the rest

Just cause you don’t share Bob’s interests or mine doesn’t mean there is anything wrong with them it’s your intolerance and your problem. You ride overweight slow unreliable barges that look more like something Liberace designed than an actual motorcycle and we don’t care or comment. You do you

I've had this running debate with one of my mates as I am a fan of the new Z650RS retro and he keeps telling me that the old Z650 is a better bike because it is a 4 and I don't agree. More desirable maybe but dynamically a better bike no way. The new bike has modern brakes tyres and suspension, more power and is lighter. Much better bike to live with plus it is not 40 or 50 years old. I do like old Z650's and think they are very cool but my glasses aren't that rose tinted.

Could well have been worn out, CB200's were roundly used and abused back in the day. Not really valued by anyone L platers saw them as a poor second choice and commuters used them as dirt cheap transport.

I just want something like I had back in the day for bimbling about. I had a spiffy red CB200 with a Polaris fairing which was, to be fair, dog shit slow compared to my mates 250's so it had to go. But I have always hankered after another for mooching about on, to ride the same roads that I used to. I thought I could have been on Ch1p's with that fairing given how rare faired bikes were back then. I actually really liked my CB200 as a bike and thought it was cool, which it was after getting off a Suzuki AP50. Nostalgia is a strong pull, I often find myself riding the same route and roads home that I used to when I was a teenager. I often do those routes on my CBF and though it's a stodgy old commuter in modern terms, but it feels like the best bike ever on those routes because it is in a different league to what I rode back then. My Dream bike then was a Suzuki GS550 like a couple of mates had, in direct comparison the CBF is worlds better IMHO.

Oh dear You are quite an eloquent drunk though

That my friend is a Polaris fairing. Recognise that brand by any chance.

Nostalgia is a strong pull, there was a time when that was an aspirational bike. Looked a sounded like a big bike when we had no hair in our chins.

Sound like the makings of a film.

We haven't had a lot of shitty weather yet, much easier to keep it clean in the summer

Like the light not sure how the photo looks.

Tell you what if this wasn't so far away I would have already bought it. https://ebay.us/m/RxkNYT

14 BHP is sort of self explanatory, just enjoyed having one back in the day and always wanted a green one, People spend thousands on FS1E's and they are 2.5 bhp, they don't buy them for the grunt.

Probably, 14 BHP or so, no rocket. But it is green.

10 miles from me. https://ebay.us/m/uSexDK

Vert tempted by this. Retro look modernish reliability and performance. https://www.tradebikesdirect.co.uk/used/bikes/triumph/adventurer/900-1995-29k-retro-classic-bike-new-mot-serviced-900cc-triple-3432#email-vehicle

Best weather protection I had was my 1978 BMW R100RS, that bathtub fairing was excellent. To be fair my CBF600S with a touring screen isn't at all bad but the BMW was king with two bloody great cylinders keeping your feet warm and dry.

Spot on, I feel the cold because of the heart meds I’m on. I got the right thermal gear to wear but it’s not always convenient to change out of it at work so I appreciate it’s difficult for our friend with Reynards to ride to work in the colder months. She will be better off when she passes her test and can get something with more protection to ride. Her little CBR is good as 125s go but not ideal for cold weather commuting.

The hot grips were a birthday present for my daughter’s friend who I got through her CBT. She is a genuine keen biker who sufferers from Reynard’s Syndrome so gets very cold extremities. Perfect gift I thought from our family to her as she commutes to Truro so genuinely needs them.

Been doing my young friend a favour today.

If you got the cash get a Jacket and trousers with a Gortex liner. Near perfectly waterproof bu pretty spendy. I have a Richa textile jacket and trousers with a D3O or some list of letters like that liner and I have never got wet in it. My leather isn’t very waterproof at all neither are the two wax cotton jackets I have. Bike jeans obviously not. I also have single layer romper like rain suit Richa brand and that is a leaky bastard good at stopping wind though.

I didn’t mean that to come across as a pop at you. I probably worded it clumsily. Sorry