Life on a Honda 2008 CBF1000A purhcased on Facebook Marketplace. A Flog's Blog

[Jerry_Atrick]

Defo.. I touch the downpipes when I think I think it is ready

[Jerry_Atrick]

Day 2 of ownership and I took the bike this morning to the shop - in 2 degrees grey muck with a little drizzle thrown in for fun. First of all, F! it is a heavy bike with a dry weight of 251kgs. We have a stone parking area of the driveway and I had to drag the bugger back with a bit of resistance before I could get onto it and go. Around a tight curve then down the steep bitumen driveway, holding it in first and using the brakes to stop it rolling away. A tight left onto the road, a shallow left, followed by another tight left and up a country lane, where it is quite hilly and s biy of debris around:

 

The top red line is quite hilly, with an especially steep and narrow road deading south into Milverton. Past Milverton, it is more undulating, but narrow and some quite heavy traffic, wtill with a lot of muck on the road and it was getting wet. Also, as I reached Wellington (Tonedale is a suburb of Wellington), my hands were noticeably cold. For the lower red line, a van had to be patient behind me as I was not taking it too fast. I am still getting used to the lump of metal at the moment. But, into Wellington, I was able to filter past stopped cars and the van was eventually left well behind.

 

Foolsihly, I said to my partner to head off ahead of me as I will catch her in no time. Famous last words as she had been waiting for a "few minutes" for me to arrive. Looking at the bottom right of the map, the red dot marks the location - Foxmoor Business Park. Coming south along the road, you had to drive to the round about at thejunction of the M5, and dow a yewie back as no right turn is allowed from that road. 

 

When I dropped the bike off the  mechanic was working on a pristine Harley of some sortwith a fantastic side car. Ithad a blue andwhite colour scheme and looked the bees knees. 

 

Anyway, I received a call - I was a day early for the MOT renewal - it is due on the 18th Decemeber, but can only be renewed within the month it expires, which starts on the 19th of December. Apparently, it sailed through with no problems. It had a full service and a check over, and all is OK. That was a relief. Heated grips and storm guards are fitted. 

 

It is tucked away nicely in the shop, which is great, as it is chucking it down today. I may well park it in the coach house overnight, a dilapidated garage on site that is still largely watertight.  It is also at the bottom of the driveway so not such a pain to get out. In addition, there is a slight downslop to the garage, so I can "back it" into the garage ready to be ridden out immediately. Problem is, it is a 50m walk or so to the top of the drive, which will be a pain in the wet and lugging luggage up. 

 

That reminds me - fitting the top box tomorrow.

 

 

 

[nomadpete]

I think Jerry's in lerv. I haven't seen him this chatty for .... ever.

Judging by the readability of recent posts, the bike is good for his alertness (keyboard accuracy is up) too. 

[Jerry_Atrick]

16 minutes ago, nomadpete said:

(keyboard accuracy is up)

Are you sure:

2 hours ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

it is quite hilly and s biy of debris

 

But, yeah, luv the bike so far...

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick