Anybody got any Solvol (joke) ?
blimey that takes me back!!!
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Anybody got any Solvol (joke) ?
Good question, I tried to buy some Autosol the other day, will have to try harder, my Kawa has a lot of alloy and titanium (the exhaust) to polish and Autosol is the biz.
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Well picked it up earlier. Rode it the 15 miles home. Some thoughts.
First Impression
Well its small - very small...compared to the BMW, also incredibly light, I can "paddle this one with feet very flat on the ground. Fire it up a bit of hesitation, oh, it's got a fuel tap !, rev it slightly, sweet noise from that 4 into one Motad exhaust, very sweet that short Japanese four bark, almost Kawasaki like, I like that....! First gear, forgot side stand, no cut out, no warning light. Move off, that classic Honda gear "noise" as it slinks through its gears in a way that BMW will never manage - hell this is a 25 year old bike ! Moving brake test, not linked, no ABS, No Servo - well the drum at the back is up to the job even if the fronts feel a bit "wooden". Reach top gear (5th) on the DSG (bikes have had them for years....) - complete absence of torque, have to keep changing down but it pulls like a good 'un when the revs are matched to the gear.
Suddenly the bike's alive, head swivelling like a swivelling thing (no mirrors fitted yet), all the switchgear works like it was made yesterday - totally logical in layout - have a look at this BMW !
Conclusion its sweet - it goes, it stops it almost handles ! Its retro Avon Roadrunners grip, its nice. What it does prove to me that Honda know how to build bikes, more importantly they know how to make bikes that last. This bike is nearly 25 years old but it feels barely run in.....yes I'm going to enjoy it !
After being nannyed by BMW technology for the last twelve months this is true back to basics stuff....and none the worse for that !
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PU without his Mod Hard Hat on !
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...but I still love that computer on wheels called the R1200GS.....different machine for a different job !
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Enjoy PU. I am not a fan of modern over user assisted bikes.
At least this will put some thought back into your biking. Side stand cut out or warning light - PAH you soon learn to lift it up after it spears you in the hedge for the first time.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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Reckon I was just as confident on my RD250 with Avon Roadrunners in the wet as the dry, dry weather grip has come in leaps and bounds in 25 years, wet weather grip less so IMO.
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>fronts feel a bit "wooden"
If it's a stainless disc, it won't feel of anything when it rains (but at least it won't lock up...).
I don't know if cast iron replacements are available, but I'd get one if they are!
Sounds fun, though.
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