Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:04 pm
Could be. OTOH I might stick with the F. I like the colour.
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Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:07 pm
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.
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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 10:33 am
I idly wonder how useful a single disc up front will be.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:42 am
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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:43 am
Perhaps they deliberately underbraked the bike in case it was used off road.Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:42 amNot 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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:46 am
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.Skub wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:43 amPerhaps they deliberately underbraked the bike in case it was used off road.Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:42 amNot 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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:48 am
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.
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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:53 am
I do miss the VFR linked brakes, 2 fingers would do all you needed except for a full blooded 'oh shit'.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:56 am
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.
My current GS has linked brakes too, but they're done electronically via the ECU/ABS pump rather than linked hydraulically.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:08 pm
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!!KungFooBob wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:56 am 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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:24 am
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.
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.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:29 am
Some good pics there 
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 11:33 am
Looks shit.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 12:16 pm
™ Muzzy.
Some spectacular mountain scenery there CJ.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 3:13 pm
Ungrateful bastard.KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:43 pm 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.
You wanted pics, you got pics, now you don't like pics.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 4:06 pm
I was joking :p
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:26 pm
There are cave pics that remind me of our Marble Arch Caves,fancy tites and mites.
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 5:54 pm
Too many pics. 
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:18 pm
Looked like a great trip though...with plenty of those memory things. 
Re: Almost ready - old codger on tour
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:54 pm
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
The pics could do with a brief description of each one, just so we know when & where they were taken