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how's that pete? explain please mate :wink:

pmsl 8) i'm growing a bit of the mullet at the moment :oops: , except it's long at the sides and top too , my mum reckons i look like liam gallagher 8) :wink:

cbx1000's are gorgeous, gotta be worth a mention, here's a pic

yep mozzy i agree with you mate. if you can get them put the most road like tyres on it, they will look fine and perform alot better than the trail style items

cool pic 8) my dads was orange. the race one was bought by accident, he thought it was a standard one, he'd got it from a bike shop over the phone and they sent it by train, him and his mate got to the station and they wheeled out a race h1. after much stalling he took off up the road going like fook, got rid of it two weeks later to get a standard one

yep, and ace bars 8)

i have rode quite a few old bikes, more than moderns actually, and they've all handled OK to me i've rode one kawa triple but it was just a kh250, i liked it alot. back in the day my dad had a standard h1 and then a race prepd one, he doesnt know why people always go on about the scary handling. btw he agrees with you about the kettle, he got a big scare on his mates at 100, apparently it was fine, then just went all over the place without warning :shock:

and mine is......you're gonna hate this pete but it's a big fast stroker, and thats what i love 8) suzuki rg500 :shock:

my dad says...... always be his favourite, can you tell he's a honda fan

yep all bikes mate. that's weird, for some reason i thought you'd say the z1/or z900 :shock: . i was lucky enough to have a seat on one not so long ago, fookin 'ell they're massive :shock: was the handling on them as scary as they say pete? i've always liked the kwak z's. the z1 and z650 are two of the prettiest bikes on this earth

out of all the great bikes there has been over the years which do you think the factory got perfect. the one that rolled off the production line and was spot on in every way

yeah mozzy i was thinking the same thing mate, i'll try the steering bearings, if that fails i'll see if the wheel's balanced properly :wink:

yeah it's the xj scott. the rd got a set of tapered bearings in it, what an improvement, silky smooth 8) not sure what the xj has in it, hopefully just need adjusting.

when i take my hands off the bars the wheel judders a bit, i'm thinking steering head bearings, could it be this? tyres are fine so cant be that :?

all year round biking teaches you so much about riding. i HAVE to ride one of my bikes every day, through snow rain etc... and every summer i get better and better on a bike, just the other day my old man complemented me on my riding, he hasn't done that in ages :shock: he says i'm getting very smooth and fast and dont take stupid risks, i was so proud of myself, sounds daft i know but it meant alot to me:D it's amazing how much experience and how smooth you are counts in road riding. to cap it all off.....all year round biker=proper biker :wink: oh yeah and older bikes need sooo much more rider input than moderns, my 78 rd goes shapeless when giving it some just the way i like it :roll: 8) modern bikes are too easy unless you're doing silly speeds!!

bloody hell it's true, you have a handbag so you MUST be one of them

petrol and this country...no, make that world!! is going tits up. the price of fuel is awfull, bastard thing is there aint much we can do about it. they have us against the wall, people will always need fuel and if they charge silly prices we will just have to pay all this shit with the war going on is all about oil/money, bush dont give a shit about other stuff and blair is half way up his arse to please him. we're doomed i tell ye, doooooooooomed!

rd's rule scott 8) i'd love to try my rd motor in a flat tracker. with such a light weight it would fly! :twisted: oh yeah, buells and the 52" wheelbase, that's pretty short for a big bike aint it? :shock: :? they should lift the front wheel easy then :!:

does it go off when in gear mate? i'm sure some of them were meant to have the light on in neutral(so you knew if it worked) and went out once in gear. if i'm talking bollox it could just be the switch

i'm quite fond of the buells. very interesting looking bikes. do you like them scott? wonder what they go like with them old hardly lumps in them

dont beat yourself up too much mate, if you didnt know the road then these things happen. just be carefull when following mates on 400's eh :wink: go with pete's advice, experience counts for alot....he da man 8)

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thanks for the pics mozzy 8) so you're a kick boxer now then eh? :wink: