Motorcycle and Scooter appreciation

Cheers fella. 850 miles of Northern Cal backroads in 3 days - little bike did well. Could do with a closer ratio box and a quarter turn throttle. Pulls clean from 6.5k but all the power is 7-9k. Absolutely wails when it’s on the pipe.

Damn that thing is cute

That is nice. How much are you after?

That's some good mileage.
We use the venhill quick actions on the mx bikes as they are a must as you are wound open most of the time and it makes a huge difference.

ebay 2.1k currently, very happy to do a deal for a forum members though

Cool bike! Good luck with it!

Also last call for my Suzuki TU250GB before I sell it to a dealer to make way for the XTZ...

€2000 (call it £1800) takes it and I can deliver it to UK next month...

On a separate note is there a forum approved trackday/ race school in UK? I'm quite keen on trying my hand at trackday fun but would like to do a training day beforehand to try it out on a school bike before I get carried away buying bike and gear?

I've also been thinking about the same thing. Would like to try before I buy.

Went to the local engineering company to get some work done on their lathe, turns out they do a lot of motorbike stuff. First time I've seen a CBX in the metal, looked pretty special.

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Nice, that's some shiny metal. CBXs are huge! Never liked them much but they sound lovely.

Weird kink, but I love the smell of a machine shop.

@tom13 - yeah, I think I'll stick a Domino race one on there if I keep it. I used to do it with all my little bikes and am somewhat irked I forgot. Makes a huge difference.

Maisto Ducati toy in the local Casino supermarket in Paris. Did resist. Might not resist tomorrow.

Great photo !

I've never been on one, but imagine it's like riding a cast iron radiator. Would love to have heard it run.

I have similar ideas but my local (castle Combe) is booked up till next year. There is https://superbikeschool.co.uk/ but maybe just best to research your local track. I also have thruxton near by and https://www.iamroadsmart.com/events/skills-days run events there but you need your own bike

I've only sat on one. Can't imagine what they were thinking really, it's like a block of flats. One of those in the 'glad it exists' camp...:)

Where are you in gay pari.

Does Ron Haslam still do his race school? But little track time just learning to brake then corner so there are a few days till you get out on the track.

Villejuif, at a friend’s airbnb (it was renovated to rent to a tenant, who bailed). I love the 13th, my preferred area.

Hey have a few tokens from carefore on villejuif Oh get a photo of the brick lane bagel place but don't eat there.

Feel free to be rude to the locals.

CBX talk has reminded me I saw this absolutely incredible CBX750 on IG this morning...

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That's ace. Now we need Millyard to make a 6 or 8 cyclinder version.

That is definitely good..

Don’t worry, not my first rodeo

How are you finding the himalayan? The price seems really good. I'm thinking I may swap the Street scrambler at the end of summer for something a bit more suited to shit weather.

Excellent. I wanted one for ages and ages. Brand new they are a steal, Colchester were doing the 2022 for 4 grand. I got a low milage 2021 with panniers for just under 3.
The new 450 will be out on September so you could opt for that for about 6g or the used 411 market will probably drop as well.