ok i take it ALL back... it's broken already....
 
picked it up last night and this morning it's got a puncture!
 
 
never would have happened on my honda.... oh wait..

Pirellis??

of course.....
 
and a chuck of fairly blunt aluminium caught int he tread... unbeliebeable luck considering ive had bolts stuck in my michelins before

I feel hapy now, i almost bought a 156, but having italian equipment at work, i kwow better hahaha

I like red and black bikes ;)
CBRs and Honda bikes in general are ****ing bullet proof...If i was going to ride a bike around Aust it certainly wouldn't be an italian one thats for sure...probably a VFR1200 when I'm older lol
 

yeah i have to say i LOVE my CBR... and my VTR250.... ive decided i wont be getting rid of either of them, my sister has offerred to ""look after" my CBR for me so is getting her license so she can take it out for a ride occasionally and keep it ticking over. 
 
on a side note, I'm amazed at the difference when you run in an engine.... I've never run in an engine with fuel usage on the dash before and have only started testing itr after the engine is run in, but over the last couple of weeks my Aprilia has dropped from over 10L/100km ro a smidge over 5. last week i was desperately looking for a servo after 130km, mostly highway or steady cruising at 60. Yesterday I made it over 200km without refuelling while trying to keep up with a couple of old nutters the other side of the black spur.

new pipe, ECU, shortened gearing (sprocket) and crash knobs went on today.... heres the new can ;-)