Andy wrote:

paul g wrote:
If you read Practical Sportsbikes the feature he does is a double page spread called restoration revealed so he was more interested in that side of things rather than performance.

Understood, Paul, but any informed and well written article will be a first, whether it mentions performance or not.

Anyone with even the slightest hint of mechanical aptitude can see the engine design alone is technical simplicity at its finest, and aside from that niggly coolant union in front of the oil pump, the entire chassis is just superbly laid out. Add to that Honda's unbeatable build quality in the late 80's and 90's, if you want a modern classic we all know what the best range of models is. It's just a shame no-one in the media sees it, listens to it, and understand it.

He was interested in any pit falls and problems with owning and running nsr's, which thanks to the reasons above are few and far between.

He did ask questions like "what problems do you find with them" Uhm none really, "what about the engines, any weak points" Uhm no, "any particular difficulties with restoring one", not really no. "Spares, they must be hard to find" No you just order them from a dealer.

Had to rack my brains to think of any problems at all really, stuff like exhaust bridge can crack if not warmed up correctly, pgm's can fry if you dont maintain the powervalves and that was about it. He did ask for any advice for buyers, suppose I should have said dont buy one from Fastline

He was a nice fella though and seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say, which doesnt happen often