Almost ready - old codger on tour

[Cousin Jack]

So you're looking to part ex for a CB500X now?

Could be. OTOH I might stick with the F. I like the colour.

[KungFooBob]

I've just been looking at the current X on t'bay, it's a nice looking thing and they're pretty cheap.

The NCX is an option too, but I think the 500 looks more the part and according to reviews is more revvy like a proper motorcycle.

[Skub]

I idly wonder how useful a single disc up front will be.

[Cousin Jack]

I idly wonder how useful a single disc up front will be.

Not as useful as a twin disc would be. It will stop, but it needs a very firm grip. I believe the 2022 version has a twin disc, but I have not seen it in the flesh.

[Skub]

I idly wonder how useful a single disc up front will be.

Not as useful as a twin disc would be. It will stop, but it needs a very firm grip. I believe the 2022 version has a twin disc, but I have not seen it in the flesh.

Perhaps they deliberately underbraked the bike in case it was used off road.

[Cousin Jack]

I idly wonder how useful a single disc up front will be.

Not as useful as a twin disc would be. It will stop, but it needs a very firm grip. I believe the 2022 version has a twin disc, but I have not seen it in the flesh.

Perhaps they deliberately underbraked the bike in case it was used off road.

Don't think so, all 3 versions (R, F, and X) use the same kit. I think they just built it down to a price, then realised they had pushed it a bit too far.

[KungFooBob]

It's the same on the whole CB500 range, not just the X, iirc it's also the same brake setup on the NC750/S/X.

I had an NC700 which was a similar setup, but with a three pot sliding calliper rather than a two pot on the later bikes, it worked pretty well.

[Cousin Jack]

I do miss the VFR linked brakes, 2 fingers would do all you needed except for a full blooded 'oh shit'.

[KungFooBob]

People dissed linked brakes on the Hondas, but I like them on my Varadero, the rear used to settle nicely into the corner without needing to touch the rear lever, just by pulling the front a bit.

My current GS has linked brakes too, but they're done electronically via the ECU/ABS pump rather than linked hydraulically.

[Noggin]

People dissed linked brakes on the Hondas, but I like them on my Varadero, the rear used to settle nicely into the corner without needing to touch the rear lever, just by pulling the front a bit.

My current GS has linked brakes too, but they're done electronically via the ECU/ABS pump rather than linked hydraulically.

The Blackbird linked brakes saved me more than once when I was learning to ride. I only delinked them as, after 7 years I knew I wanted something else and thought I should learn how to ride without link brakes!!

[Cousin Jack]

And finally, PICTURES! Hundreds of the bastards, fill your boots.

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN ... JveHMyR3hn

This is a compilation of all the photos everyone took on the tour, some good, some bad and most just plain ordinary. The edited version, with maybe 10-12 of the best will take a bit longer.

[Yorick]

Some good pics there

[KungFooBob]

Looks shit.

[Skub]

Looks shit.

™ Muzzy.


Some spectacular mountain scenery there CJ.

[Cousin Jack]

Looks shit.

I got as far as Slovenia once. Lake Bled is beautiful. Sounds like it's gonna be a good trip, post lots of pictures please.

Ungrateful bastard.

You wanted pics, you got pics, now you don't like pics.

[KungFooBob]

I was joking :p

[Skub]

There are cave pics that remind me of our Marble Arch Caves,fancy tites and mites.

[Dodgy69]

Too many pics.

[Dodgy69]

Looked like a great trip though...with plenty of those memory things.

[Druid]

Looks like an awesome trip.

The pics could do with a brief description of each one, just so we know when & where they were taken