J4FF, great to see a nice blue flame tri-oval exhaust on your baby. I hope you've got the lower baffles out
Davy, I didnt bounce to well that day, my birthday treat was to go out pillion for the day to Boxhill bike meet, was about 50 rural miles on a beautiful February morning. We only made half way when a lovely
woman driver T-boned us resulting in my first flying lessons.
My stepdad (Rider) received ligament damage to his knee and I received a smashed left femur, a hole the size of a tennis ball in my left knee and my right tibia burst out of my skin front and rear!
Plated femur and three long operations to seal my knee, one month in hospital immobile, three months in wheel chair, two days on zimma frame and about 6 months on crutches!
All in all, wasn't the best birthday ever.
Great pictures everyone, a lot of lovely bikes, max, don't particularly like the style of bike but look forward to seeing it all finished.
Edit. As for not being sport bike type, been on two track days and as a technician for Honda and Suzuki road testing, fault finding and the like has seen me ride police bikes under blues and two's and reached 186MPH on GSXr's, Blades and one ZZR1400, so yes, I like sports bikes!