Saul Posted 12 hours ago Author Share Posted 12 hours ago 1 hour ago, Nute said: Green one does look nice ... but my lawnmower has more power than that. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 5 hours ago, Saul said: Tell you what if this wasn't so far away I would have already bought it. https://ebay.us/m/RxkNYT What the hell is that thing...lol...the windscreen is taller than the roof of that house...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 12 hours ago Author Share Posted 12 hours ago 7 minutes ago, Marcel said: What the hell is that thing...lol...the windscreen is taller than the roof of that house...lol. That my friend is a Polaris fairing. Recognise that brand by any chance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 4 hours ago, Saul said: That my friend is a Polaris fairing. Recognise that brand by any chance. He wouldn't, he think Polaris in the inside of warm winter coats! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 4 hours ago, Saul said: 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. After giving it serious thoughts over drinking whisky after dinner I have concluded you need that green Honda. It'll fill an emotional hole while being a third Honda in your fleet. A third Honda is a relevant number of Hondas, it's so because it is green and really slow and pretty. Also, since it is slow and pretty and old, from the slow side it´ll make you enjoy the rides that you share with people on classic slow bikes a lot more than you do now (because it's naturally slow) , from the green side it´ll look cool, while still providing superiority from being a Honda. Do it, Redbreast 12 says so! I name it "The Lantern"! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 3 hours ago Author Share Posted 3 hours ago 4 hours ago, Pedro said: After giving it serious thoughts over drinking whisky after dinner I have concluded you need that green Honda. It'll fill an emotional hole while being a third Honda in your fleet. A third Honda is a relevant number of Hondas, it's so because it is green and really slow and pretty. Also, since it is slow and pretty and old, from the slow side it´ll make you enjoy the rides that you share with people on classic slow bikes a lot more than you do now (because it's naturally slow) , from the green side it´ll look cool, while still providing superiority from being a Honda. Do it, Redbreast 12 says so! I name it "The Lantern"! Oh dear You are quite an eloquent drunk though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago What I was trying to say @Saul was that a mate wanted to swap bikes for a couple of days as he fancied a XL185 like mine. I couldn't believe how slow the CB was compared to my bike , I mean it had an extra cylinder compared to mine. On reflection it may have just been his bike as he wasn't one for servicing , oh and it was the same green as the one in your photo which had faded really badly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago 6 minutes ago, boboneleg said: What I was trying to say @Saul was that a mate wanted to swap bikes for a couple of days as he fancied a XL185 like mine. I couldn't believe how slow the CB was compared to my bike , I mean it had an extra cylinder compared to mine. On reflection it may have just been his bike as he wasn't one for servicing , oh and it was the same green as the one in your photo which had faded really badly. 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago The GS550 and the Z650 were the ' go to ' bikes in my day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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