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2026. 8. 24. 작업

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Chr1sch said: Fantastic taste, loving both cars, I'm hoping I can go down the M5 route in a few months time DO IT!Happy to answer any ownership questions you might have. Unless it's about 'traction', that's been done to death in other threads (Summary of my thoughts: if you want traction, buy a Land Rover)

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A different update this time…Like many petrolheads, I’ve also had a few motorbikes in my time so I thought some folk might be interested to see what those were. Can’t remember how they fitted into the car timeline (I’m getting old) so they’ll have to have a post in their own right. First up…Honda NS125R | 1987 | 25 BHP | Top Speed 69 MPHImage from GoogleI was always banned from having a motorbike while I was still living at home as my older brother had had a few misadventures on them and my parents weren’t going to let history repeat itself. But, as soon as I moved out into my own place it was time to take my CBT!This little Honda had been re-built by a kindly chap in his shed and looked mint in red. I bought it, took my CBT on it and then rode the wheels off it for a few months to get enough experience to take my Direct Access test. Although the kindly-chap had done a good job with the bodywork, the frame itself was bent like a banana and I’m pretty sure the rear wheel tracked about an inch to the right of the front one. It certainly turned left better than it turned right but that two-stroke smell is the best!If you’ve never ridden a motorbike I heartily recommend everyone have a go at taking their CBT and riding for a few months on a 125. Teaches you more about roads, road users, road conditions and danger perception than you’ll ever learn in a car. With my DAS passed (on the hottest day of the year, sweating absolute bullets and nearly fluffing the ‘turn-in-the-road’ with sweat in my eyes) it was time to buy something I’d been eyeballing since the beginning…Honda VF400R NC30 | 1992 | 59 BHP | Top Speed 136 MPHImage from GoogleEven today I think the NC30 is probably one of the most ‘right’ looking motorbikes ever made. Small, compact with a single swing-arm and full-on Superbike/GP bike looks of the era. I’d been hankering for one for ages but being import-only they were pretty rare and finding a good one was hard work. I remember contacting the owner and riding