Just took mine for it's MOT (Passed with flying colours of course) today.
Lovely day so I took a few pics on the way home...
I bought the bike brand new from Rainbow Motorcycles (when they were in Attercliffe) on 16th April 1999, so 22 years next month. I still have the Rainbow keyring
It's been a truly fabulous bike Done the NC500 many times (before it was the NC), and Europe trips at least 3 times, once as far as Croatia...
Sadly, now considering parting with her. The garage has my R1200GS (one of the very last 1200's with TFT), a Honda NC750 DCT (my commuter) and the K1200RS. My old knees struggle with the K now, preferring the seating position of an "Adv" bike...
Build quality on these bikes is absolutely stunning, and puts the newer bikes to shame. They really were beautifully engineered (altho they can be a bugger to work on!). IMO one of the prettiest bikes ever built!
Need to give her a good scrub now, as the roads are not as clean as I thought!!!