after reading all your post's and thinking about what you are all saying, i will eventualy be selling the bike with NEW tyers and all work done on it so it is safe for the next person who wants to take her on. i am getting a car next month for work reasons. but i am going to get a 400 or 550 something along them lines for nice dry weather so i can still come olong to meets and some rideouts. i must say i do know very little about bikes but i do enjoy riding so with a smaller bike i am just going to take it easy, get my cornering sorted and just enjoy being a biker more safely. im sure lots of you will take the piss but hay ho thats life.