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Enjoy the show Don, not gonna be able to get up to it myself.
No worries Pete, I will post up a few words and pics about the day
Welcome to the forum. We have another Vlogger on here, Pete247 of Hippodroness fame. His last little piece in in ‘Members Bikes’ section about collecting his KTM390
I have a Thundercat myself, a simply fantastic bike, much under rated
Just to advise that photobucket don’t do free third party hosting of images anymore, so we can’t see your pictures
Try Dropbox if you have an account
https://bikemeet.net/forums/topic/999-cop-hits-biker/9
Or maybe flikr
Looks great! If that is the comfort seat in the picture it does look high. I would be inclined to go for the more manageable height personally
I so have to come up for a salad again soon mate!
You really must, we need to get the two cafe racers out together!
Glad I am not the only one who doesn’t ‘get’ the whole GS thing, though as you say they have evolved into a very capable piece of kit. Thanks for the excellent write up!
awesome, mine was far from new but I loved it all the same…. was as fast if not faster than most restricted 125cc bikes and handled nice too (brakes were rubbish and normally didn’t work but that is what engine braking is for right?)
The brakes on my seized, the front disc was cable operated and the one half of the caliper moved towards the disc on a pin. This corroded. Sod to fix. Loved that bike though. Squeezed 67mph out of it!
I had a CB100N too
I had mine from new in 1982, did nearly 10,000 miles on it. Rode from Brum to Northumberland, to the Lake District…loved that little bike
With my 1967 Ford Cortina 1500 Super in 1982 or 3With such big bikes it’s all about the seat height – just ask me and Ol
. Lowered seat or lowering links: all good as long as you’re not off-roading more than gravel trails….
I do think bikes are generally getting taller, not sure why as the population isn’t!
Well I got the bike back a few weeks ago and so far all is well…here are the new shiny bits:
The Hagon adjustable rear spring/damper unit
Chain and sprocket, only the 2nd new set in 30,000 miles and the last one was far from knackered
Braided front brake lines in black for that OE look
New stainless downpipes
50,000km now…I bought it with 1500 on the clock in March 2000
Still looks great!I also had new rear brake pads fitted to the bike and an oil and filter change carried out. I had the work done at my local Yamaha main dealer, The Motorcycle Mart, in Kidderminster. They did an excellent job as usual.
Managed about 400km on the bike since and it is so much better to ride. I had got used to it wallowing and amusingly I am having to get tuned into a bike that actually handles again! I took the Mrs out on it last weekend and she reckons I am going much quicker, not sure if that is a good thing!
Did I spend virtually as much as the bike is worth? Yes.
Sensible that to do? No.
Worth it? Oh yes!
MT5? Blimey I remember those…I stated with a a CB100N! I did like the Guzzi for sale too, was it a LeMans or Lario. Rode both back in the day, lovely bikes. Also liked the TRX you were parked next to
