Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Get it looked at by a tyre shop! I had ‘issues’ with a front tyre and I’m lucky to be typing about it now.

It's a brake lever aadjuster

https://www.bikersdiscountstore.co.uk/brake-clutch-parts-remote-span-adjusters/twm/twm-remote-brake-adjuster-for-accossato-brembo-cylinders-pd-56.php

Right, I see, for a moment I thought something related to the injection.

They do what they can.

I think I saw this in a WSB race last week or similar. Adjusting the brakes at 180+mph - rather good skills 😀

Yeah, but I don't really get it, and if you see that vid he is adjusting it quite a few times. I can understand in a race where the heat brings down the density of the fluid and so the lever, but not so many times.

Who knows? He may be a fussy chap!!!
You would be better looking at vids of the CBX and listening to the music! That’s what I am up to now 😀 and buying lottery tickets 😀😀

I can feel it wobble when riding.

Shit. Thanks.

Fun in Northern CA.

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New bike week, had a break of over 10 years from owning one. Last bike was r1200gs

Thought I wanted a st1300, then fjr1300, then vfr800… somehow ended up buying a speed triple!

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I don't know much about motorbikes, but I spotted this spotless Honda outside a pub in Northumberland today that appears to have an in-line 6 cylinder engine - of interest to the thread?

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Of much interest to me!! I have been ogling these for years and have recently mentioned it on the thread. That Lola mint too!!
Thanks for sharing the pics. Now to check the lottery!!

Cool, to be honest I had no idea 6 cylinder bikes were even a thing. What is the Lola you refer to?

Ha. Typo! Looks mint!!! It’s a CBX - I want a Moto Martin version of it - lottery win permitting. Have a look on YouTube for CBX and the exhaust note - amazing.
There are a few six cylinder bikes - CBX, Benelli Sei and Kawasaki Z1300 - the CBX is the one I want. (Dreaming on)

Hello motorcycle people!

Quick newb question….. I’m considering getting a little 50cc scooter/moped (what is the preferred term!?) for commuting, as want to minimise use of my big planet killing Discovery, and just use it for long trips/load carrying. Have had full regular driving license for 20 odd years….. am I right in thinking I still need to do the CBT test to ride a 50cc scooter? Will I have to have L plates attached forever unless I do a full big boy motorcycle test?

Soz for the total newb question. I know nothing about motorised two wheels.

https://youtu.be/MBbskqcgs_o

Have had full regular driving license for 20 odd years

Worth checking exactly how many years. Not 100% but I think if you got your licence before 1999 I don't think you need a CBT for a 50cc as it will have been included in your licence. Have a look on the back of your DL.

If you need to do a CBT you may as well buy a 125cc as they're more powerful. You're in the West Country right? Idk how a 50cc will do on hills, even if it's a modern one.

But yeah without a full license you will have to redo it every couple of years and have L plates.

Also worth saying that a full license is going to be close to £1k, so even if you're paying £100 for a CBT every two years that's 20yrs.

17th birthday was in 2000, so looks like I’m a year short! 😩

Thanks for the info. CBT it is. Are bikes provided for CBT?

I would like to get full license at some point, and move on to bigger bikes, but think little 50cc nipper will do for my needs until I’m a bit more confident.

I also really want a little Honda Ruckus/Zoomer, which are 50cc only in this country as far as I’m aware….

Yeah bikes are provided. I actually did my 2nd* on a Ruckus/Zoomer and was gutted when I found out that you can't get bigger ones here. They're awesome little things with such cool storage.

*1st expired before I got round to doing my full licence.

They are available as imports but very expensive. Big Ruckus is the 250cc version. The price shot up a few years ago, they were one of the few bikes that would have suited what I do and the engines are supposed to be bulletproof.

Fuck.... I'm now going down an Internet rabbit hole trying to work out whether I want a gy6 engine swap or to bore out to 125 ....

All day dreaming and just before I go to bed too 8|

I think though I'm not certain, that you may only have to do the CBT once if you're happy on a 50cc and wouldn't need Ls. You'd have to renew for a 125

https://www.gov.uk/motorcycle-cbt/car-driving-licence

Edit: meant to reply to @hoops sorry