Having got to a point where both cars in our family were on their last knockings, we knew we were going to be spending a fair bit of cash to replace them both. We then came to the inevitable conclusion that keeping two cars was a bit silly once we factored in the upkeep and running costs. Years ago I'd get the spanners out myself, but grew to hate working on cars - unlike working on motorcycles, which I love.
I passed my bike test way back in 1988, and have owned and ridden bikes on and off ever since, and I decided that I'd buy another one and use it for my short commute. I already own a (broken) GSX1100 but that wasn't really suitable for economic reasons, and I have a C90 as my back up transport, though it's too slow and unreliable. I know people say C90's are bombproof, but I've blown the bugger up on more than one occasion.
What to get? My commute is short (<9 miles each way), on country roads that mainly don't even have a 'B' number, and I wanted ECONOMY. I also wanted a bike that was reasonably comfortable for me (I'm six foot one and a bit and fifteen stone or so). In the end I plumped for a Honda CB125F from late 2016 with less than six hundred miles on the clock. Very clean and started on the button: exactly what I needed.
Or was it?
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