Saul

I won't be doing that, she will need it for nav, not all teenagers are feckless idiots and it's a shame you felt the need to judge my daughter before you have even met her. I can see this thread was a mistake.

To be honest it is a thoroughly pleasant thing to ride around on. We had done 600 miles on it together and it copes two up very well. I have been taking her over to a disused airfield so she could practice on it 26 miles from where we live. Obviously not fast but cheap as chips to run and practical transport. If I worked closer I wouldn't mind commuting on one. We still have 12 months of the factory warranty left as well.

Just been getting my youngest daughter’s bike ready for her 17 birthday tomorrow. L Plates, phone charger and mount plus all the regular checks. Ready to rumble. I’m going with her for a few hours just to get her confidence up, her request. I have been told I have to take my CBF as it matches her bikes colour

I do most of my own servicing, although I did have my Hornets first yearly service done at the dealer. I know you can do it yourself with genuine parts and keep the warranty up but for me it was just easier to let them do the first one plus that stamp in the book will help if I want to trade it in.

One thing I would say Josh is that modding can cause you no end of problems from insurance to decreased performance and reliability issues. I am sure you could make some improvements with care but make sure it is all reversible because a modded bike will often have a lower value to a standard bike. Depending on the mods of course. Avoid bolting a load of Temu/AliExpress tat to your bike. My daughter has a CB125F 23 plate and the only mods she has are a set of SW Motech crash bars and a professionally lowered seat. I have got a standard seat in the shed for when she comes to sell or trade it in. She is making noises about wanting some heated grips which I will fit for her. My daughters bike has a LED headlight as standard which to be fair is pretty good and much better than many of the bikes I have had in the past.

Tis functional though

Bit parky riding home this morning.

Yeah they are going to mug me for £117 next month

Yep that's £2.89 I will never see again I don't mind that much another 10 fasteners to ad to my obsessive SS collection.

No I gotta do my good bike this afternoon

Gave my commuter a good going over today, maintenance and cleaning. Quite pleased with the way it scrubs up for 17 years old and 34k miles. Has a few war wounds from service but still going strong. Plenty good enough for a winter hack.

Yep they were the wrong size. . Should be M4 8mm not M5 12mm.

Bottled it, My Mrs was on FB and saw a load of flooded roads on my commuting route and went into worry overload so I took the car to keep the peace.

Oh I do hope it stops before I have to go to work tonight

I haven't had the best of experiences with local dealers either over the phone or in person, especially the Triumph one, which is a shame as I was quite interested in getting one at the time. I had three bikes in mind, Trident 660, Kawasaki Z650RS and Honda CB750 Hornet. Triumph Dealer, I will never go there again, Kawasaki Dealer good as gold even though I didn't buy the bike and Honda Dealer again good as gold. I must say that I really like my local BMW dealer. Really friendly and helpful when I took my ancient E46 in for a recall. Even offered me a test ride on a R9T (bear in mind I was a scruff in a 22 year old car), shame I never had my gear with me. He was keen for me to come back for a test ride but I didn't feel right doing it as I had no intention of buying one. I didn't want to take out HP to buy and I never had the cash budget for a R9T. Local Indian, Benelli, BSA Dealer is an idiot, not that he had anything I really wanted. Local HD franchise is the same people as the Triumph dealer.