Another pointless thread

So what have you bought Gareth?

He's bought a Derny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derny


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I just syphoned the last 5or 6 litres out of me wine barrel so I can scrub it out ready for this years wine , the grapes are almost ready to pick( at the weekend maybe ) you know the thing with syphons you always get a mouthfull or two or three or four..... oh bugger it
let's drink the lot and then take the dogs for a stagger ho humm...jeff...
ps this new upload photo thing works well.

It's a CBF125. Won't impress real bikers.

Well I'm impressed , the biggest thing I can legally have here is only 50 cc not like my youth with a 250 cc BSA star.... great bike ... great ..days and nights ...jeff...

Honda CBF125, let me see, built around the CG125 pushrod engine.

Super little power unit with outstanding reliability, been around for 36 or so years in one form or another. A lot of todays bikers will have owned or ridden one at some time.

So Honda stuck a fairing and style bits on a solid, reliable performer, what's not to like?

I know they say it'll only do 60mph, but we know better...

Good choice Gareth, enjoy and make sure it's bolted to something heavy when you park it up, although where you are you may not need to.

As I say, never owned one before so thought it was easiest to buy the most obvious thing.

I'll probably ride it for a couple of years then trade it I for something bigger. Just want to get the feel of riding (and falling off) for a while.

Doing my CBT on the 15th and picking it up on the 16th.

It will be the first time I've owned a brand-new vehicle. Kind of a nice feeling.

I only fell off my Tiger Cub once........................After that I got a car

It was 25+ years since I'd ridden a motorbike when I bought a 125 about 3 years ago. Did my CBT and there was a bit of sales pressure at the centre for me to take lessons for the test straight away. I resisted the pressure and just learnt at my own pace for 6 months. Then I took lessons on a big bike (Yamaha 600). Took a total of 7 one hour lessons and passed my test. You'll find it easier to ride a big bike, as on a small bike you are forever changing up and down the gears. If you wanted, with a big bike you could leave it in 2nd all the time about town. You can pull away in 2nd and cruise in 2nd too.

As it happens I haven't ridden my Suzuki Bandit 600 for a year.

Nice choice Gareth, as Dave said. Many folk had one of these at some time including myself. Had it for years and the only problem was a main bearing that rumbled but an easy and cheap diy fix.

Graduated to a Suzuki GS 500 which was a real joy, (like a big brother to the Honda) cheap reliable and a lot of fun 21000 miles later along came the Royal Enfield Bullet 65. One pot of 499cc pure vibration. One firing stroke every other lamp post but more smiles per gallon than anything I`ve ever owned. It turns more 70 year old heads than any modern bike.

Just remember that everyone else out there is trying to kill you including wildlife. Have fun and many happy miles.

Last new Bike I bought was this one


Still have her and ride her too and from work at the moment.

Nice bike, ive owned a bmw r80 and a k100. currently using a 30 year old honda cx500e eurosport that i rebuilt about 4 years ago for riding to and from work , in the depths of winter i often think "well at least summers around the corner !" and we`re still waiting and autumns in the air.
regards, tim.

....must get 'round to re-building the Yamamha...

How does this work, got a 3 month secondment acting up that means I'll be £1000 WORSE off at the end of the year!!

austerity measures dave - we all have to feel the pain

Both the managers above me are off with stress since the so called 'new ways of working' were introduced.


I spend my time hiding or looking busy.

Dave

I'm moving from street plodder to team leader...

...which means I loose all allowances...

....still, off to France for 2 weeks so see you all later.