Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

there is not enough travel you need to fit a stronger higher rated spring.

My situation was quite the opposite, because the rear end is too hard. Anyway, I went to a suspension specialist and we discovered that not only the spring is too hard for my weight, but it's also too long for this shock. I'll come back to him a second time, to fit the right one.

the first multi was a fugly bike

Indeed, but it aged better than some contemporary stuff

Anyone have any experience with F800S? Always thought they looked fantastic... cheap as chips now too.

No, but I always really liked the F800r

Handsome bike also but I never noticed they were chain as opposed to belt!

Now you come to mention, I'd never noticed either. I would quite like a belt driven bike

There was always one parked right by a CBR954 and a 2006 R1 on my work commute years ago.
Made for great view.

@jambon Old GSXR's are coming back in dude. Best hold on to yours.

And @PhilDAS werent they different bikes..well same engine but three different bike models?

Old GSXR's are coming back in dude. Best hold on to yours.

Mine isn't going anywhere. Enjoying it too much. Plus, nobody will ever pay what I've spent on it :D

They were on my list to try once they got cheaper so maybe I should start looking. One thing that put me off a little bit is it's not a boxer, so the RnineT still seems to be the one.

That figures then, pretty sure police issue would have had the mudflap.

Getting a face-full of shit when in a convoy would not be pleasant.

Don't the fuzz ride in formation to avoid that?

Rotax twin is kind of cool though still...

So I hear, I should test ride one and find out.

Haha - cheek, but true. I only like the 750 because the look / lineage, the 800s are probably better! Mrs J seems to enjoy an occasional pillion, though after many thousand of miles being parked on the back of GSXR1000s, anything would be luxurious by comparison...

I miss my GSXR. RIP. Oddly a replacement costs about what I paid for it - 30 ish years ago.

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Not sure it’s a rocker heritage thing but given the recent resurgence in brands like Royal Enfield and BSA, plus Triumph still making multiple incarnations of the Boniville there is a decent sized retro biker market and plenty of people out on old looking modern bikes.

Of course when the lambretta and triumph boys meet at the same cafe you do worry that they’ll kick off. Instead they join forces against the GS wankers in their polite vests and aluminium cargo boxes mounted to the scaffold poles that envelop every part of the bike.

Pretty much.

Most have learned tolerance for one another.

There are only two hatreds left... GS wankers, and 125 squids with loud pipes.

I don’t mind the 125 kids. Most I’ve chatted to are waiting until they turn 24 to go direct to a full license without having to go the A2 route. Sadly many of these will then buy a GS and be full fledged targets of hate.

It does still exist, but its not in any way a dominant cultural thing. There's a couple of handfuls of riders I know down my way (brighton and surrounds) who are oily tinkerers making dangerous-looking sissy bars in their garden. a few of those are also involved in bands/tattooing etc

and aluminium cargo boxes mounted to the scaffold poles that envelop every part of the bike.

Who am I kidding, I'd love a GS.

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You're all just jealous of my lovely GS.

Polite vest ❌
Side cases ❌
Aluminium top box ✅

😅

You're probably right, I know if I had one I'd never own anything else.

You're still welcome to have a ride on mine any time you like.

It's in for annual service today and I've got an RnineT with the brushed aluminium tank. Looks lovely, seat still sucks balls. Also, 73 plate bike without a fuel gauge? Fuck off.