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Nice bike and good choice! Welcome and Merry Christmas!

Nice bike, enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Gutted for you! They are lower than slime!

Spot on! Bike oils are different spec because the clutch and gearbox are also lubricated in the same oil and car oil lacks the required additives and shouldn’t be used in bikes!

Yep! It meets the requirements and keeps the rain and mud off and is easier to keep clean than the CBR650R normal tail I suppose (the dirt you can only clean when you disassemble the standard tail is a bit shocking! The new ducati Diavel looks Ok but still not convinced by the look even if it...

Nice luggage! I believe the only reason we need tail tidies is the EU rule that the most rearwood thing on the bike is not allowed to be the tyre and your rear fender achieves that requirement so I would say counts as legal! If you look at the new Ducati Diavel V4 it has a similar rear...

I wasn’t sure myself so I re-fitted the original tail back on along with the legal sized number plate for a European tour chasing my sons Ducati all over Europe to the Austrian Alps and back! This also restored the required rear reflector and rain protection but only had one day with rain for...

Welcome and enjoy the 650F 👍 I’ve done 6,500 miles since I got my CBR650R in May and I’m loving it!

Glad they’re not required in the UK anymore! They used to often be mounted on brackets on the side of the front wheel but were dumped as they could cause injury to riders or pedestrians / cyclists.

Speed cameras are meant to trigger at 10% +2mph for that very reason so your spot on that speed cameras will not trigger at 10%+1 mph but you need to be very careful with eating into that margin as things like in my car running the tyres at the higher ECO tyre pressures would increase the tyre...

Why on earth are so many bikes having water pumps removed at low enough mileages to be under warranty?

Good luck for a small bill! Could be pricey if the lock has to be replaced as it’s keyed to the ECU and LCD dash for anti theft reasons! 🤞

The CBR650R in 2019 had two specs. CBR650R (non abs) And CBR650R ABS (with abs obviously as shown here! https://hondanews.com/en-US/powersports/releases/release-2641f5bf8bb64bf0bef9cb36bf411085-2018-honda-cbr650r-specifications They sold different versions in different markets so in the EU...

I was intrigued enough to go check my bike, 2021 CBR650R. Mines lined up perfectly, pic attached. Could be you’ve not got the bars /front when exactly line up straight. This would offset the line from the centre of whatever you lined up the rules with at the top (out of shot) backed up by the...

Not sure about Portugal, visited lots but not ridden bikes there (yet) but in the UK any lid must be secure! If you can demonstrate that whatever you have bungeed on is properly secure and there is no reasonable way it could part company with the bike that would not be an offence!

To be fair I haven’t topped mine up since the initial 600 mile service! Been to Austria and back chasing a Ducati V4R on autobahns doing over 100 mph most of the time and a good bit more at times and it’s still on the top mark on the dipstick with 5,800 miles on it now!

Try chasing my son (Ex BSB racer) on. Ducati V4S and you’ll see much lower numbers! Mine got a good thrashing on German Autobahns this summer lugging me and 20 KG of luggage in panniers doing an average around 105 MPH and getting a top end speed indicated at 148 MPH I can get 60+ but it when...

First thing is how accurately can you level the bike to read the dipstick? Unless your putting it on a paddock stand on the same bit of garage / road that’s level it’s impossible to be consistent. Second if it was properly level the first photo shows it overfilled and that’s not great and can...

Welcome! If you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine your in for a treat. My first big bike, passed my full UK test on a sv650 in Kanuary which are lovely for a basic bike but nothing like the power, handling and thrill of the CBR650R! Have lots of fun on yours she look great! Can recommend the...