Hello Ian,
I’ve just done a 50 mile round trip to Church Stretton on my Cb250rs and was thinking about your post.
It was a great ride out on a superb October day, but it reaffirmed my view that the bike is no flyer. I just can’t imagine wheelies and the such like. I just rode at 50mph, showing 5k revs and enjoyed the sweet little gone buzzing away and the light weight of the machine.
I also run a 1979 Yamaha SR500 that I bought a year ago. Strange thing is that, to date at least, I have not fully bonded with it and can’t put my finger on the reason behind it. It’s a great bike but, to date, doesn’t give me the elusive grin factor that I get from the little Honda.
Riding bikes is highly individual. Fortunately, we, and our bikes, are all different.
All the best,
Kev