Added another CB to the family

[gary_imp]

Good choice, lots of luck with it! Another instance where the not available in the U.S. CB400 would probably be perfect.

That Yamaha has a very fiddly starting procedure that gets annoying really fast according to all reviews. In addition to the kick starter, there's a sight glass on the cylinder head to assist you in finding the best position for compression, and a decompression lever on the left handlebar! Who the heck wants to deal with all that in 2015 when you're just running a few errands around town and stopping and starting a half dozen times? And it was worst in stopping distance in the tests.

Not only that but I believe that because it is EFI and needs to fire the fuel injector it takes a fairly strong kick to get it to fire. It's quite silly.

Thanks for all the support, she reads this and gets a kick out of the replies. She put about 80 miles on it today and did great! The weather her has been just amazing, so many bikes on the road.


However, the bike sprung a small leak under a cover.


I tried a little torque on the inspection cover but it is solid. I am hoping it is as simple as a faulty o-ring. I will be letting the dealer know when they open on Tuesday.