Getting Started

[Paul B Blues]

Better hide your wallet first!!! Theres ALWAYS something that could be added to a brand new ride!!!!

I know, I know

[Steve 0080]

Just another set back...glad you finally got the bike home! Are you going to stay black or go to another color??? Happy riding !!!steve

[Paul B Blues]

Just another set back...glad you finally got the bike home! Are you going to stay black or go to another color??? Happy riding !!!steve

Hi Steve,

The Trike Shop are coming back to take bike down to Cardiff, after I washed it yesterday I discovered lots more damage. Basically the area from the front fender to the corners of the panniers has suffered paint damage. In other words most of the bike. The trailer it was transported up in was open to the elements, so they covered the bike in a rainproof cover and put bubble wrap and tape around the cover. The vibrations of the trailer, potholes and bumpy roads for hundreds of miles has rubbed away the surfaces that it came into contact with. So, it's going back down for a new paint job, and it will be black of course. The wait continues...........

[Paul B Blues]

Here are a couple of pictures of the badges Neil did for me. I really like them, and they make a big difference to the look I think. I picked this design to go with my jacket.

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[Steve 0080]

WOW!!! Rookie mistake......everybody knows not to put a cover on a bike in a open trailer !!!!!! Every time the wrapping moves it takes off paint.......... sorry Paul!

[Paul B Blues]

WOW!!! Rookie mistake......everybody knows not to put a cover on a bike in a open trailer !!!!!! Every time the wrapping moves it takes off paint.......... sorry Paul!

Aye Steve I agree. When they brought the Rune up it was white with road salt, I had to wash it just as soon as it got here. They didn't want the same thing to happen again, hence the cover. As of now all vehicles will be delivered in a covered trailer. Mine goes back down the road Saturday with a promise of a "Perfect Bike" when it comes back...in that covered trailer.

[4DI2D]

Pity that they had to learn the hard way.
Most RVers on this side of the pond just have a splash panel on the front of their trailer or the vehicle they're towing.

[Paul B Blues]

Pity that they had to learn the hard way.
Most RVers on this side of the pond just have a splash panel on the front of their trailer or the vehicle they're towing.

Yes that makes good sense. The bike was collected yesterday, so lets see where we go from here

[Paul B Blues]

Well, well, well! Just been speaking to the guys at The Trike Shop. They had a long chat with the painter who is looking over the damage to my bike. He told them that he had found it very difficult to match/work with Honda's crappy paint. None of the work he did had a mark on it, but all the areas that had Honda's paint, most of it had been rubbed off! I've just been reading the Paint Thread Now it seems obvious why it was so easily marked. Maybe this is a blessing

[Paul B Blues]

Hi Everyone,

Just had an email from the guys at the Trike Shop. After having the bike inspected by their own dealer, and reading the reports Honda UK have said they will change the two side panels, the nose cone, and the two back panels also. I don't know yet if this is as a "Good will gesture" or they recognise the paint issue. I have asked for more details, and as soon as I get them I'll stick them on here