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

[facthunter]

And some of the first front brakes seemed to Make the Bike go Faster. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

Well, I still can't ride the CBF, but I can ride the little Yamaha YZF-R125 that belongs to the boy. The reason is it is a hell of a lot lighter than the CBF, and I can support the lean on my right leg to get the leg stand down. 

 

Unf, I took the rain cover off the CBF to show the boy something or other, and by the time we finished, it started raining and hasn't stopped since (crikey, it's wet!)

 

So, the poor bike has been rained on for about three days now. As soon as the leg is better enough, I will get it into the garage, which is at the bottom of our steep drive. 

 

In the mean time, the lad's confidence is growing and we are planning our first weekend ride to Exmouth, which isn't far, but has some great twisties. 

 

Hopefully in two weeks time we can do it.

 

 

[facthunter]

Borrow some trail Bikes and get into Off road. Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

I have had a bit of experience on trail bikes.. mainly Honda XL's (75, then 250)

 

In time for the lad, as we want to do a fairly decent adventure.. DR650s (Suzuki) may be the order of the day.

Edited Wednesday at 11:29 PM by Jerry_Atrick

[Jerry_Atrick]

OK.. here is the evidence of one of the most embarrassing moments I have had:

 

Thankfully I inadvertently put the gopro into timelpase. 

 

Weather has been ship.. Wait until the next vid from today's ride (as I can now handle the car, it is all from the car).

 

The reason the end is looking up to the heavens is because I had the gopro on a chin mount - on a flip front helmet, and obviously, I flipped the front up.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Jerry_Atrick

[nomadpete]

Aaah.

'Tis so humiliating when 'older & wiser' comes unstuck, whilst 'young and enthusiastic' is still upright!