Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Not quite as nice now it's had some mild abuse! Certainly a lot dirtier, and a bit more rust...it was such a great buy. I love it every time I ride it, even just to grab a coffee. That wheelie on wednesday still has me laughing. Can't wait to get back on some green lanes too.

I had the mechanics do a standard service on it last week (valve clearance, air filter, oil filter, oil, compression check, visual inspection, brake pad and rotor check, etc etc). Although I can do the basics myself I wanted them to give it a real check-over because they were concerned after the river dump. A thousand miles or so since the swim and it's been running fine but can't be too careful. Even with the auto-decomp system, apparently the engine had a compression of 130.

Looks better without the rear rack and bags, but they are so damn useful. Been slowly turning it into a RTW (at least, RTS: Round The Shops) machine. Recently fitted a beemer Dakar screen, and frustratingly every ebay seller of 4x6 DOT/E6 led headlamps has messed me about and I've had to get a refund, so I still have a spill-tastic H4 LED bulb in there. Would like to fit the aux spotlights at some point too.

Got a different end can waiting to be fitted too if I can wrangle a suitable adapter link pipe, hopefully offset a bit of the weight and get a more wholesome sound without going obnoxious.

Could do with getting the suspension serviced, apparently that's where the money should be spent.

Also a little tempted to source a spare carb spring so I can try chopping one a little shorter and see if that give it a bit more pep off-idle without messing with higher revs.