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 Saturday at 09:46 PM by Jerry_Atrick

[nomadpete]

Aaah.

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

[facthunter]

DID you have a bit of front brake on and How Old is the  front tyre?   Nev

[Jerry_Atrick]

The problem with time lapse is that in order to give the impression it is just sped up, the shutter speed is effective slowed down and it chops out bits. The bike came to a full stop and I leaned to the left, inadvertently moving the bike to the right. Foot down to hold it, onto loose stones in the wet and over it went. I tried to stop it falling. I guess I was thinking soft tissue injury will heal for free v. fixing damage on the bike. 

 

The front types are about 18 months old and have 1/2 life tread left in them - maybe a touch less. They handle and grip well in the wet - apart from my own stupidity in this case, I have yet to have an oh-ship moment and I have ridden the bike in all but warm conditions so far - including some fairly torrential rainfall. 

 

With any luck I will be back on it this week, as the leg  is healing quite nicely. I tried a lean on my right foot while sitting on the bike with the foce expected that would slightly exceed normal loads for city riding and I felt no pain. Of course, if my right leg is called for materially more strength/stretch, it will not yet end well. 

[nomadpete]

Good luck with your recovery.