My son who is 20 wanted to try a trip to France
, he's been riding since 16 but on a restricted A2 licence, he ended up buying a 2013 Honda CB500x with luggage, I'd recently outed my 1200GSA, I needed a bike for the trip, 1993 Honda Pan-european with 12k from new , £1500, did a service and cam belt its now up to 14500 miles , so comfortable and touring on the cheap 
It was the oldest bike in the queue at Portsmouth


It was the oldest bike in the queue at Portsmouth
