New bike, sunshine and twisty roads

Happy days are here again.

Had an excellent run up to the Penny Garth Cafe in Hawes giving me chance to work out how to ride the new bike, scrub some new tyres in and get a cheeseburger.

It definitely likes revs. I went from Settle to Hawes in 2nd gear! That's trundling through the villages at 20mph, about 3000rpm, right up to instant ban territory just before the limiter. I really can't afford to go any faster.

At the moment the other gears are just an overdrive to save fuel, 'tis a thirsty beast, about 120 miles to an 18 litre tank with a mixture of town, motorway and country lanes. About 50 miles shy of what I used to get out of the SV.

The IL4 haters of the site will be pleased to know the fuel injection isn't as nice as the Suzuki's. It jerks at high revs, but it might just be me, I wasn't very smooth on my SV when I first got it. Not as comfortable as the SV either, but I haven't ridden more than 20 miles in one go since October so my knees should get used to it.

On the plus side the brakes and handling are ace, which is handy because that's what I bought it for.

Couple of eyeballs today too, a candy blue pointy on the Settle to Ribblehead road and a light blue pointy on the A6068 near the M65 roundabout, anyone on here?

Mmmmmm Honda!

[timwilky]

Penny Garth..... Hhhhmmmm Chip barms. stuff the bikes give me real man food.

Pictures Andy, pictures !!

I hope you're happy with it, great bike. See you on the North/South ride maybe (Will be a couple of other Hondas there).

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Originally Posted by andyaikido

The IL4 haters of the site will be pleased to know the fuel injection isn't as nice as the Suzuki's. It jerks at high revs, but it might just be me, I wasn't very smooth on my SV when I first got it. Not as comfortable as the SV either, but I haven't ridden more than 20 miles in one go since October so my knees should get used to it.

4 pots are always different to 2. A little more finese with the right wrist & she'll be putty in your hands (now that just sounds wrong, but I'mma leave it be!).

I pretty regularly switch from the SV to my mates R1, I tried rolling the throttle on the R1 coming out of a bend like I do my bike, the thing nearly took my arm off & threw me in a hedge! I stayed on, and it taught me a valuable lesson.

Have fun with the new bike, I'm still looking at chopping, still haven't made my mind up...

great bikes the CBR's

enjoy.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Penny Garth..... Hhhhmmmm Chip barms. stuff the bikes give me real man food.

How is the diet Tim?

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

How is the diet Tim?

Ouch that stick hurts, try poking yourself. Going well, halfway though the sack of spuds I wanted to loose

Originally Posted by timwilky

Ouch that stick hurts, try poking yourself. Going well, halfway though the sack of spuds I wanted to loose

You can make a fair amount of chips using half a sack of spuds....






(sorry)

Originally Posted by Jelster

Pictures Andy, pictures !!

I hope you're happy with it, great bike. See you on the North/South ride maybe (Will be a couple of other Hondas there).

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