Washed, polished, de-chavved

A Preston / Wigan reg plate an all.

It's like Deja Vu all over again.

A very nice example of a decent sensible (and fast) bike. Shame you like crappy Alfa cars.

Eww. Not my thing at all. Do you use mickey mouse ears on your helmet?

You are getting quite a collection of pikey vehicles round at your place now, the only non-pikey one isn't yours. (c;

Can't believe how shiny the bike is though. Looks like a bit of a find. Well done.

When you crash it, can I have the carburretors?

Besides the square headlight that really dates it I love it.

Fraser

Switchgear looks a bit odd. What's the deal there? Indicators like a BMW????

Fraser

It's wop, or at least not Japanese, that's why it looks funny. (c:

It doesn't look anything like the Fisher Price left and right buttons for the indicators on the BMWs I've seen, like this one:

Nah, it's bog standard gear for a bike.

Lower orange buttons on left and right are horn and starter respectively.

Upper on left is headlamp flash.

Big orange switch on right is the kill-switch, which is an off-on-off configuration (3 positions with 2 for 'off', either side of 'on')

Choke is odd, as it's the rotating collar around the left bar!

Indicators are standard on the left bar, with left, right and push to cancel.

I believe the left bar switchgear comes from the Honda XBR500.

That's all part of the retro late 80s / early 90s appeal.

Same as the choke on my old boy's VFR IIRC.

Makes sense if they used the same switches as 90s era Hondas.

Still, at least I know the switchgear won't break, even if everything else does ;-)

Shame about the backdrop of dull, dull Barratt houses.

There could potentially be a demand for popcorn developing very soon. (c:

Same deal as my blackbird then. Wierd. The colours make it look really strange.

Fraser