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For the record, I'd own an ex filth Vauxhall Omega, SD1 or Volvo 850 in a heartbeat but get your point :)

Yeah that's lovely, regardless of if you'll actually ride it or not. Something about the picture above particularly, but feels very carabinieri spec in that colour.

gash-graphics 90’s sports bike 200kg max, 80-100hp.

Are we talking clip ons?

Nippy but nice out there. The CRF politely reminded me despite being a 'L' it's still a 450. Blipped the throttle slightly too much on wet grass and comically lowsided, thankfully just the squirrels and pigeons witnessed it.

I almost spat my tea out when he started making the mould, def my favourite installment so far. Was sceptical about the epoxy tank liner, as never heard of it before, but looks to have worked well.

Talk about knowing your audience.

What a lovely thing.

Feel like we could end the thread on that comment, just awesome. Are you doing track days or racing? Every year I mean to do more (track days) but don't pull my finger out essentially.

70 feels like you can get off and walk

For me it was coming into the pitlane and attempting to climb off the bike, then realising I'm still doing 40mph.

The first time I did 150mph+ it felt like warp speed, the second time it felt noticeably slower which was frightening. For me climbing the cc ladder was like an enjoyable apprenticeship but once you've ridder a 1000cc sports bike it all gets a bit silly. Ironically it also gets a bit boring riding a fast bike slow than a slower bike fast. Aware I'm preaching to the choir here but hope all works out with the sale/whatever's next.

Awesome, that's going to make things a lot easier hopefully.

Glad they worked out for you, I just thought I'd mention as the prices seemed very reasonable compared to anything else I'd seen.

Unrelated but if anybody is hoping for a productive day, don't watch this.

https://youtu.be/EvGVx6JbpJE

Gutted to hear, and agreed, hope it turns okay in the end. I know nothing about ULEZ but my first thought was CB500 if they're still reasonably priced.

Making me jealous I wasn't out on the bike today, especially with the weather apparently on the turn. Good effort! Were you able to ride out? I'm guessing no.

That sounds like a great little run, imagine you felt every mile. I rode 70 miles on the CRF last weekend and my bum has just about got any feeling back.

Good effort! How many miles was that?

Glad you made me question this, thankfully the service manual confirms measuring it on the wheel. I'm actually glad the discs are warped, hopefully means I've found the issue 🤞 Got to love an old fashioned comprehensive paper manual

The neighbours were out yesterday so with the weather warming up decided to unblock our fireplace. Fingers crossed should be getting the walls reskimmed soon so we can crack on with painting. Excuse the pub carpet.

Good point. I'll check my manual but presume the 0.30mm acceptable runout accounts for the semi-floating discs. Not exactly scientific, but fairly confident I can see the wobble by eye. Spinning the wheel by hand with no brake pressure causes resistance on the pads which also makes me think the discs are shagged.

Yours looks absolutely immaculate (I'm sensing a theme here!)

It had 55k miles on the clock, but yeah guilty, I do like fixing my bikes up. I also want to hear more from Courier Corner, these stories are all gold.

Was only £500 a few years ago, I don't even want to look at prices now. Like you say something very satisfying about using all of the power available although I'd argue 400cc can still scare you!

When we got to the bike-park by the beach, the guy who’d been following me said “you’re a good rider!” I just laughed, thankful the front wheel hit the ground straight.

Ha love this. We've all had moments like that I'm sure. Talking of 400s, I often miss my ZXR.

Despite rebuilding my calipers (again) seems they're still not feeling great so decided to check the disc runout. 0.30mm is the limit and we're seeing 1.75 and 0.75, think that'll be it!

Can totally get that, I know a few people who have gone this route and thoroughly enjoy it.

I'm more one for learning on the bike, but what I've found useful for knee down/body position:

• You are leaning off to keep the bike upright mid-corner, as big lean is dangerous
  
• Inside arm bent, outside arm straight
  
  

Having said that I personally won't try knee down on UK roads with our mouth-breather drivers. Like a lot of people say, doing track days calms you down on the road.