The ‘Bird was a fabulous bike as long as it fitted you. I bought mine intending to use it touring France when I moved over there, but despite bar risers and the VFR bars mods it just didn’t work for me. Didn’t help when my new wife briefly sat pillion, and on being asked if she would go bike touring, replied “OK, but not on that!”
When I worked for Honda I rode the Russel Savory 50th Edition V&M tuned 1200 version on the IOM flat out on the straight between Laxey and Douglas for less than 10 seconds, no idea of the speed but it was like warp speed on Star Trek, crazy quick! Then it occurred to me that if Brer Rabbit came out the hedges my arse would stop skipping across the Irish Sea somewhere just outside Liverpool, so I backed off dramatically and pottered back into Douglas.
When I worked for Honda I rode the Russel Savory 50th Edition V&M tuned 1200 version on the IOM flat out on the straight between Laxey and Douglas for less than 10 seconds, no idea of the speed but it was like warp speed on Star Trek, crazy quick! Then it occurred to me that if Brer Rabbit came out the hedges my arse would stop skipping across the Irish Sea somewhere just outside Liverpool, so I backed off dramatically and pottered back into Douglas.
