First long trip on the bike, South West Coast

[mattyfattyboo...]

Just thought I'd post a few snaps of my recent trip. 800 miles over 3 days, from London we went south to Christchurch, then along the coast and up to Dartmoor. Second day down to St Ives then back up the west coast to Barnstaple. Finally through Exmoor park to Lynmouth and over to Cheddar before coming home. All the bikes done great, my mates Fireblade had no issues aside from melting a indicator wire, my old CB500 that is now my uncles chugged along very well, although one of the shocks gave up towards the end. My CB done fantastic, no issues and nice and comfortable aside from a slightly hard seat leaving a numb bum after a couple of hours solid in the saddle.

It held enough in the Kriega US20 tailpack and small tank bag for the trip and managed 45mpg with my fat arse on it. Already planning the next one.

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[JoeDougieDoug...]

Looks like a beautiful ride mate. I hope to do the entire South coast later this year. Also, really nice example of a CB500. I owned a 1994 CB500 and honestly hated the thing, yours looks tidy though!
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