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650 miles into motorcycle ownership and it's starting to grow on me.
And, I had my first scary moment at the weekend whilst accelerating on a patchy/wet country road. The rear kicked out into a power slide - equal parts thrilling and scary, and probably handy that it's shown me the limitations of my old tyres. I think a childhood of riding motorcross and years skidding a round a fixie came in handy in that moment.
Riding the CB enthusiastically feels quite hairy - I'm torn between thinking anything faster (read Ducati 748) would be terrifying and just dangerous, and thinking that the Honda probably doesn't like going around corners all that much. A bit like doing a mountain descent on a fully loaded tourer vs doing it on a Supersix.