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08-17-2009, 03:39 PM
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Aye up chaps
Thought i best come say hello seeing as though I recently took purchase of a rather splendid "Cane" ...
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I have been riding about 2 and a half years and have had one or 2 bikes before and i am a member of a couple of different forums (gsx1400.org) and (fjfjrbiker.co.uk) but have always fancied an old cbr thou, i love early 90's sports and sports tourers, and the cane is by far one of my favourites...
Me and my partner last year bought an old FJ1200 and decided to ride to italy on it for a little holiday, the trip for this spring coming is spain and portugal, so after selling the FJ we decided to see how the mighty thou would stack up against one of its arch enemys haha...
There she is, i am over the moon with her, the previous owner has looked after her really well, She came with New Avon Storms, New Delkevic system, New K&N, Just had its Cam done, New chain and sprockets and tons and tons of history/recipts and Wax haha...
I am very impressed with how well the honda has aged, nothing like my old FJ haha
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So basicaly i am here to just get little tips and hints off u, help if i can and share my experience of where the mighty thou will take us...
Thought i best come say hello seeing as though I recently took purchase of a rather splendid "Cane" ...
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I have been riding about 2 and a half years and have had one or 2 bikes before and i am a member of a couple of different forums (gsx1400.org) and (fjfjrbiker.co.uk) but have always fancied an old cbr thou, i love early 90's sports and sports tourers, and the cane is by far one of my favourites...
Me and my partner last year bought an old FJ1200 and decided to ride to italy on it for a little holiday, the trip for this spring coming is spain and portugal, so after selling the FJ we decided to see how the mighty thou would stack up against one of its arch enemys haha...
There she is, i am over the moon with her, the previous owner has looked after her really well, She came with New Avon Storms, New Delkevic system, New K&N, Just had its Cam done, New chain and sprockets and tons and tons of history/recipts and Wax haha...
I am very impressed with how well the honda has aged, nothing like my old FJ haha
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So basicaly i am here to just get little tips and hints off u, help if i can and share my experience of where the mighty thou will take us...
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08-17-2009, 06:09 PM
Hey Tony , welcome to the forum 
She looks really well looked after mate , you must be well chuffed!
Been riding for about a year myself and the 'cane is the only girl I've had , so don't know how she'll stack up against the FJ1200 , but they're great bikes!
Out riding this evening on the 'twisties' and easily kept pace with a much newer 'Ninja' and something else , the other two riders were a bit surprised to see me pull up along side at a roundabout ,cos they'd had a good head start on me
BTW my Mom lives in Wallasey
She looks really well looked after mate , you must be well chuffed!
Been riding for about a year myself and the 'cane is the only girl I've had , so don't know how she'll stack up against the FJ1200 , but they're great bikes!
Out riding this evening on the 'twisties' and easily kept pace with a much newer 'Ninja' and something else , the other two riders were a bit surprised to see me pull up along side at a roundabout ,cos they'd had a good head start on me
BTW my Mom lives in Wallasey
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Nice one for the welcome chaps,
Shes got 41k on the clock, with a healthy half a dozen or so stamps in her book, and a nice wallet full of the previous owners recipts and maintanance records...
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As mentioned in one of my other threads, shes got her work cut out for her this one, we bought her as a globe trotter, shes got a trip round europe in the spring (still undecided where exactly) but she will be loving wrapped in cotton and treated to springs and new footpegs and stuff in the meantime...
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an by the way, its ok mate i support neither, footy is just not for me in the slightest, despite my dads best efforts hahaha
Shes got 41k on the clock, with a healthy half a dozen or so stamps in her book, and a nice wallet full of the previous owners recipts and maintanance records...
...
As mentioned in one of my other threads, shes got her work cut out for her this one, we bought her as a globe trotter, shes got a trip round europe in the spring (still undecided where exactly) but she will be loving wrapped in cotton and treated to springs and new footpegs and stuff in the meantime...
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an by the way, its ok mate i support neither, footy is just not for me in the slightest, despite my dads best efforts hahaha