What can I say - I'm such a slave to fashion!
I justified it to my wife this way: I more than doubled my money on the thing I sold, so the majority went into the household account, and the balance went into this.
Keeps everyone happy, and she was cool with it. Can't ask for anything more than that....
Japan Meets Britain
Okay, heard back from the master about the suspension, and here is his reply, and I quote: "THAT WAS ALL DONE AS WE GO TYPE OF THING. SO I REALLY CAN NOT GIVE YOU ANYTHING ON THAT. SORRY." So, he really IS an artist.
Road tested the helmet today - very nice! It's much quieter than my Davida Classic Jet or Davida Speedster, and feels very protective. As an eyeglasses wearer, I'm very thankful for the extra room around the ears. That shield takes a bit of getting used to, as it's very long, and have to watch when doing a shoulder check that I don't pop the visor up. It will be interesting to try the other two shields that come with the helmet (medium smoke and dark smoke), and it would also be worth a try without a shield and using goggles - if that's possible.
Overall, very happy with this new lid - it makes me want to go faster!
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Hi,
I'm not happy about the charistics of my frontfork. On hard bums (with intermediate and high speeds) the fork isn't working, and the fact that I'm 82 kilo's "light" isn't helping much either. On my CB400 I had the same problems, and I worked it out by chancing the fork springs with other ones. Because the after market springs are not very good either, or the knowledge how these where made is gone (white power, ohlins, wilbers etc), I decided to ask a specialist to look into it and he came up with self made progressive springs. After a few weeks riding the bike I was convinced about the enormous leap forward in time. It's not yet comparable with a modern fork, but it's a huge improvement. The costs weren't that high (around 200 euro) and well worth the improvement. I want to travel the same way with the CB72, I have a few NOS fork legs lying around (the later ones), which I will use to test with the improved springs. To make a long story short, are there more people interested in better performing and new springs in the later version front forks ? The time line of development will be around half a year to a year. I'm not asking participating in the costs, or cost cutting promises to the specialist because of large numbers of springs to produce, that doesn't work in the end (found out the hard way, a few years ago I produced a number of special stainless steel engine bolts for the CB72 steering damper , yes that angled one, it took years the sell them to "people who where very interested but where surprised that these actually costs money"). I'm just curious if I'm the only on this forum who is not happy with the springs and shocks (except Vince, who changed his springs). (by the way, I'm busy with ohlins to find decent rear shocks applicable for the CB72) Now I have a few Hagons, these give a better feedback, , but basically that's all they're doing) jensen assembly of Japanese motorcycles requires great peace of mind (Pirsig)
An action shot in the full regalia: Ateliers Ruby Belvedere 'France' helmet, Belstaff Trialmaster Jacket, Lee Parks deerskin gauntlets, Vampire Defender boots, G-Star '96' jeans (very important!), plus silk scarf and Steve McQueen t-shirt (you'll have to trust me on that one!).
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