First Geared Bike in Years

[Viper254]

Bought myself a Honda CB250 Nighthawk - some assembly required, a half-finished restoration project but with all the hard work already done.

Haven't ridden a geared bike in 5 or 6 years and I'm really looking forward to it.

My partner needs our car for her work, so I've got a motivating factor to actually get on with assembling it

[Iahawk]

Sounds like a fun project for a good little bike. I like the looks of those!

[CROSSBOLT]

Okay, Viper! Need pictures....you know Stig: no pix = dint happen!

[Neil955i]

Well done you. Good luck with the project.

[Kansas kymco]

You know what they say,  (Just like riding a bike) you don't forget.   

Kind of funny: I usually drive a manual transmission truck but today took the one with automatic transmission.  At every stop light for a while I would want to push in the non- existent clutch.

[Stig / Major Tom]

You know what they say,  (Just like riding a bike) you don't forget.   

Kind of funny: I usually drive a manual transmission truck but today took the one with automatic transmission.  At every stop light for a while I would want to push in the non- existent clutch.

(1970's) I borrowed a nurse's big Chevy one evening to take the patients from a psych hosp. in Mass out for ice cream.
I drove a VW bug.
At the first stop light I put all the passengers under the dash board or rear floor....when I put that 'clutch' to the floor.
Once we finished screaming and laughing I got out and let the manic/depressive lawyer behind the wheel.
It only got more entertaining because he was just entering his manic phase! I've never laughed so hard at a Friendly's.

Anyway - I kinda envy Viper, don't you?

Stig

[Kansas kymco]

Bought myself a Honda CB250 Nighthawk - some assembly required, a half-finished restoration project but with all the hard work already done.

Haven't ridden a geared bike in 5 or 6 years and I'm really looking forward to it.

My partner needs our car for her work, so I've got a motivating factor to actually get on with assembling it

You can never have to many bikes/scooters,  caveat being it doesn't cause other issues.

[Viper254]

Okay, Viper! Need pictures....you know Stig: no pix = dint happen!

I'll get some pictures when I go to pick it up

[Ruffus]

@Stig, I do have the impressions that, nowadays most of the cars on our roads here are steered by "patients" of a psych warden, without having med personal with them.