Wotcher Steve,
Haven't been out to the Ace Cafe yet, but keep meaning to go to one of their newbs in London events. I'm based in North London at the moment - around Archway/Highgate. Is anyone heading out there or one of the other places at any point soon?
I'll need to think about the shocks, but to be honest with you, I don't know if I want to get straight in to changing the shocks over before I know how to change the oil!
. Kidding, (kind of). I mean I'm a newbie at maintainence and am wary of taking the bike apart at this stage. But for long trips, of course, the more I know about maintainance the better.
yeah - definately keen to do some touring. My Dad is coming over from NZ in May, we're keen to ake a couple of bikes and hop the ferry to Ireland to visit some friends. He rides a new, but classic looking Kawasaki W650 in New Zealand (some great riding there), but I'll be trying to hire something for his trip.
Your bike looks great by the way.