1st post since joining, greetings to all fellow brick owners. While I have played with a K100 for a lot of years (popular and cheap here in Australia) I have always had a Triumph or the like that never had to have a spanner bounced off it as the day to day ride bike. I have a 84 K100RS on the bench (for the past 5 years would you believe) that I intended to transform to cafe mode, rebuilt motor, replaced all the aging bits and pieces gradually until the completion draws near. I think seriously the years of riding chairs will make the strap-ons, rear set pedals cause me grief. I have an 85 RT with chair that gets an occasional ride but the larger R3 for the past 7 years has taken the shine off throwing it into corners, sorry slide into corners, I cannot ever recall actually throwing either of them into a bend. The beema with the single chair likes to rear her flanks while the Rocket with the EZS double corners like a semi-trailer. Have not got a bench photo of the cafe, however will get one for posting, will see how I go posting the two chairs............great to read all the banter about the brick.............regards carey johnson