Saul

I wasn't his friend only met him by chance.

He was and that was with 2" lifts in his boots

I think the CB1000R is a very understated bike in standard trim, I think the paint job on this one brings it to life. Not convinced about the golden wheels but I think the Honda Briton style paint is lovely. The owner said that it is a custom copy of a race bike, I wouldn't know. He also told be he had special boots so that he could ride it. 50mm or 2" lift built in cost him £400 apparently. Also that the bike cost him £15k they are normally around £12K, I have no idea how much custom paint costs but I suppose £15k sounds ballpark. I also think that his plate is a ticket waiting to happen.

Just convinced a chap I’m a bull shitter . Popped out to get some bits, took the CB125 as it was easier than moving it and getting the Hornet out. Anyway got what I wanted and ended up chatting to this guy who had a CB1000R with custom paint. Anyway the conversation moved on and he asked me what I had. Told him I had a Hornet, as he was getting ready to go I went over to Bambi, Daughters name for the CB125, to leave and he gave me the bull shitting wanker side eye .

Unless the bike is a RE or Chinese

I have supposed friends that have done similar to me in years past

I have the feeling I have been stitched up by my daughter again. She has been planning all week for me to help her clean her bike fit some of the tat she bought, plus check tyre pressures, oil and stuff. So she can do it without me interfering in the future. Ok I thought. Fucking 7:00 am this morning she wakes me up to tell me she is ill, and to be fair she does have a cold or possibly flu. I say take some paracetamol and go back to bed, then she turns on the water works cause she wants the bike done and can’t do it. FFS Anyway I have spent the morning fitting the rack and box I bought her plus some of the Temu tat she has bought. Plus fitted a louder horn like I did on my bike, because my Mrs implied that I didn’t love her as much as myself if I did not. Still trying to work that out. Gotta love the way they all manage to manipulate the soft twat. To be fair I don’t mind, but I would have done it all without the scheming. Also surprised to see that the bike was made in Italy, I thought it was made in India

Very nice

I know mate just shocked to have to do it

Just been out cleaning my bike ready for some better weather. Shocked I actually had to adjust the chain, something I never had to do on my CB500F. Also fitted a more parpy horn given some blind twat nearly took me out with my daughter on the back on the way home from Damerells last night.

Usual for me, working tonight and Sunday night, but the weather looks good on Saturday so may fit a cheeky bimble in Saturday afternoon.

You do see the odd one here but they are normally older guys that shouldn't be poncing around in full leathers

My daughter would love that, exactly what she is aiming for.

I have always liked the GSX1400 and that was a real nice one, unlike his mates XJR1300 which was done up like a tarts hand bag. I am sure there was a decent bike under all that bling. I did chuckle, if you look at the picture with the AT in it the rider had a full 1 piece leather with a hump.

11/4/24. First Damerells bike night of the season. Not many there around 25 bikes came and went but me and the youngest enjoyed the ride out and had a mooch around. Chloe has set her heart on getting a red CB500R like the one we saw tonight which is an achievable goal for her in 2 years. Got her a Dr Pepper and a sausage sandwich plus a blast down the A30 and she was a very happy bunny. So much so that I am apparently not allowed to go to a bike night without her now . Not sure if that will last but she is dead keen nonetheless. She did make me laugh as she compared her bike to the CB125F’s that were there and came to the conclusion hers was better. Ever got to the stage of pointing out one of the riders and say ‘look at that great lump he must be twice my weight, I would ave him on the road’ I of course said the sensible thing but it did amuse me, she has the bug.

I had a RD400 when another mate bought a Power Valve new, I was so jealous, it seemed like an absolute rocket ship at the time.

I remember going to the NEC in the 2000's for the bike show with a group of mates. I remember one mate on a R1 who had to stop every hour or so and was crippled by the time we got to Brum. I was on my 1978 R100RS and totally comfortable all the way there and all the way back. Old bike but very good at what it was built to do.

Scrublands on BBC Iplayer. 4 part Aussie detective drama but bloody good.

True, like the swiss army knives of the biking world.

I never really got the sports bike thing myself, I did have 1993 Fireblade, but not for long, good bike but just not for me, more to biking than tearing around like a stabbed rat. I have noticed that I get slower when I am cold nowadays, I got hypothyroidism and can't deal with it like I used to.

Funnily enough the same guy offered to give me his green power ranger suit, hump, knee sliders and all the other day when I was having a cuppa over his. Shouldn't be too mean he is a good guy and our daughters are thick as thieves now. Just back then he was a young squaddie with all that entailed. He never had a smaller bike but was put through all his tests in the mob so had to have a sports bike. Hence all the gear and no idea.