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kiwibryn
9th January 2008, 12:22
Older rider, back on 2 wheels at the beginning of 2007 after 16 years riding cages. Wheels are 1983 Honda CX400C, as far as I can tell 80,000 original kms to date.
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Ixion
9th January 2008, 12:24
Whee, another maggot. When the nuclear holecaust finally comes, all life on earth will be wiped out, except for a cockroach riding a maggot across the radioactive desert !
vifferman
9th January 2008, 12:24
Gudday, back, Mr kiwibryn! :wavey:
Welcome to the KiwiBikerist.
Steam
9th January 2008, 12:27
Welcome! I had a CX400 too, it was my first more-than-250cc bike.
Greybeards would always stop and say "Oh, a CX, I had one of those about 20 years ago".
Keep an eye on the CX thread here http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=27643
Number One
9th January 2008, 12:31
Welcome to KB!!!
I am about to go test riding soon as I too will be back on two wheels after a rather long break and driving only cages...fab day here in Welly too - hopefully I've not completely lost the knack!!!! :eek:
jtzzr
9th January 2008, 14:01
Welcome to the site , it gets a bit like this sometimes:crazy::crazy:
kiwibryn
9th January 2008, 18:08
Welcome to KB!!!
I am about to go test riding soon as I too will be back on two wheels after a rather long break and driving only cages...fab day here in Welly too - hopefully I've not completely lost the knack!!!! :eek:

Well, this piece of advice... DON'T ride in the rain for a few weeks if you can avoid it, at least until you know you have you reaction times sorted... and the modern boy-racers get REALLY anal these days... let 'em past to have their own accidents...
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Swoop
9th January 2008, 20:33
Welcome back to two wheels mate!!

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kiwibryn
11th January 2008, 13:18
The only niggle I have is that rear tyres don't seem to last... I only got 14,000 km out of my last one :eek: (Challenger by some chink firm I never heard of), so this time round, I have gone for Dunlop. Hopefully I can push that a bit further.... Front tyre? well it is a Cheng Shin 4ply Nylon (with inner tube) and doesn't seem to be too desparately in need of replacement, warrantable tread and no cracks... should I be worried?