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So I ended up buying the Deauville last night.....
Full details:
*£950
*42k Miles
*Recent Motad downpipes and exhaust
*Built in Starcom Intercom setup along with a pair of lids with it all fitted in, stripped the headsets from each helmet and they (the helmets) can probably go in the bin...
*Official Honda top box
*Heated grips, but they are currently wired so they can be turned on without the bike ignition being turned on, will likely redo it with a relay.
*12v charger in left cubby slot, along with an "Aux in" that is linked to the intercom setup
* CB radio in the offside pannier, was that a "thing"?
Rode to work and back today on it, so 50 miles covered, my initial thoughts are:
* Slow....so slow, the upside is I won't be losing my licence on the commute.
* Very very comfortable, never had a bike this comfortable before, though my past bikes have been predominantly sport bikes, but that doesn't take anything away from the Deauville, it is like an arm chair.
* Nice and quiet when starting it up at 6-6:30am
* Handling is best described as soft....kinda floaty....
* Combined brake system is suprisingly effective
* I feel like a bit of a high vis wanker while riding it, haha, maybe I need to get a high vis....
Here it is in all of it's "glory"... |
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Nowt wrong with that  it’ll make a good workhorse.
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| bacon wrote: | So I ended up buying the Deauville last night.....
Full details:
*£950
*42k Miles
*Recent Motad downpipes and exhaust
*Built in Starcom Intercom setup along with a pair of lids with it all fitted in, stripped the headsets from each helmet and they (the helmets) can probably go in the bin...
*Official Honda top box
*Heated grips, but they are currently wired so they can be turned on without the bike ignition being turned on, will likely redo it with a relay.
*12v charger in left cubby slot, along with an "Aux in" that is linked to the intercom setup
* CB radio in the offside pannier, was that a "thing"?
Rode to work and back today on it, so 50 miles covered, my initial thoughts are:
* Slow....so slow, the upside is I won't be losing my licence on the commute.
* Very very comfortable, never had a bike this comfortable before, though my past bikes have been predominantly sport bikes, but that doesn't take anything away from the Deauville, it is like an arm chair.
* Nice and quiet when starting it up at 6-6:30am
* Handling is best described as soft....kinda floaty....
* Combined brake system is suprisingly effective
* I feel like a bit of a high vis wanker while riding it, haha, maybe I need to get a high vis....
Here it is in all of it's "glory"... |
Certainly gunna get the job done!
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| Posted: 19:54 - 15 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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| sickpup wrote: | | bacon wrote: | * CB radio in the offside pannier, was that a "thing"? |
It was on escort duty bikes and there are a fair few about but the owner my just have liked listening to truck drivers.
| bacon wrote: | * Slow....so slow, the upside is I won't be losing my licence on the commute. |
They feel slow as its such a relaxed engine but keep an eye on the speedo, the engine is deceptive.
| bacon wrote: | *Heated grips, but they are currently wired so they can be turned on without the bike ignition being turned on, will likely redo it with a relay. |
Perfectly ok on these to wire heated grips into the front brake light live, its how Honda does it.
If you want me to make you up the loom part required to do this PM me.
It looks like it doesn't have hand or feet deflectors which are worth getting.
The hand deflectors are here but I can't find the part number for the lowers |
I have had a poke around the bike this weekend, the wiring seemed a bit busy around the battery, so I spent a short while working out what was what and labeling it all up.
It appears to have the wiring and a little 12v 2 pin style power connector in the right side pannier, no actual cb radio present, so the previous owner must not have understood what was in there when he was explaining it to me.
The intercom works, I'll velcro them into my current helmet and see how it is sounds on the move.
Front brake light live? As in the live wire that feeds the brake light switch? That would be great dude, I'll send you a pm now.
I did see some feet and hand deflectors on ebay before I bought it, but obviously didnt bid for them. I'll check them out if they make the difference, I was looking at some Tucanaos for the coming winter.
But I have to say, I'm rather pleased with my purchase, it is incredibly practical |
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| Posted: 20:32 - 18 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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Ok 200miles in and I thought I'd add a few more comments.
So I haven't been using the top box, so that has probably helped with aerodynamics, but I have used it every day for work since purchase, I've achieved 56mpg from the first tank, I'm rather pleased 
I'm also actually enjoying the bike a lot more than I expected too. It's very sure footed, very stable, it can corner just fine in fact, very confidence inspiring even in the wet. Ok it's not a straight line hero, but it has plenty of torque for a 650 and is perfectly happy sitting at 70-80 indicated which is exactly what I need from it.
I would happily recommend the Deauville long term reliability will be the next test |
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