Like you said when you are cold you don't care what you look like, if it keeps you warm!
For the legs make sure you have invested in a real descent pair of leather trousers with lining, for me they are the only thing that keeps you truly warm. Not a thin pair but the heavy duty ones, another tip...
Ok old courier trick, this is going to sound a bit Blue Peter but it absolutely works. First get heated grips an absolute must, then buy some handle bar mitts and this is the trick! At high speed the wind pushes the mitts onto the clutch and brake so get a piece of curtain rail, cut it so one...
Sorry didn't read the original post just repair line! There is a good spray painter think he does bumps as well, again at Preston Circus next to the viaduct bridge, going down the hill towards the fire station. Don't know his name but friends have had work done by him, so you would need to snoop...
Since when, they used to have a garage out the back!? There used to be a really good one outside Shoreham Harbour in the dip, but not sure if he's still there.
Agree good choice, not stupidly fast for a first time bike but enough power to get you out of any trouble.
PS expect the unexpected out there and you wont go far wrong.
Honda CBR S 500 used to be a courier in London with it great bike. So good it had or still does, its own CBR Championship. Cheap to run, very reliable and rides really well no twitching etc. But if i was buying again after riding for a few years i would get the R6.
Not me in picture. CBR S 500...