Hello HUBB Gang!



John here, from sunny Yorkshire in England. I'm excited about joining the forum. I've come across a fair few posts over the years while searching for other things, and I've already found a lot of inspiration here. I'm looking forward to seeing more of what everyone's up to.



I'm fairly new to motorbiking. A friend and I did our full motorbike tests at the end of last year after a summer of riding little 125cc machines. We did some camping on the 125's and carried over our enthusiasm to our bigger bikes. We've since done a little bit of touring and camping here in the UK including a little mini tour around Yorkshire, and also a 2100 mile UK and Ireland Tour, which was wet but great fun!

The motorbike bug has really bitten hard and I've found a love for all kinds of bike. My 'big' bike is an old Kawasaki GT750 which coped with the UK and Ireland Tour without any problems. The bike only cost me £1000 and the 'luggage' was £35 all told. The fact that this setup got me all around the country just fine made me realise that you don't need expensive bikes and gear to travel.



I also have a little Suzuki Address 110, which I bought for getting to work and around town. As it happens I've fallen in love with the thing. It's a brilliant little scooter. It's taken me on loads of daytrips and a few overnight camping trips this summer. I have a vague notion that I'd like to have a little tour on it perhaps next spring or summer.



I've still got a massive soft spot for small capacity bikes. I enjoy riding them every bit as much as the bigger stuff. I've seen and read plenty of books and articles of people touring the world or their countries on small machines. So to that end, I've set myself the challenge of building a £500 'adventure bike'. So that's the bike, the mods, any work and parts required, and an MOT for a target budget of £500!

With such a low budget it's a big ask I think, but that's all part of the fun. I recently managed to pick up a 'spares/repairs' Honda CG125 for £300, and I've already started stripping it down. Work is going well so far, and it might JUST be possible to come in within the budget, but we'll see. Either way, I'm having fun with the project. Here she is on the day I picked her up last week.



I'm hoping in the future to venture further afield and do something more akin to real motorbike travelling, but in the meantime I'm happy to get out there closer to home and explore what the UK has to offer.

My buddy and I have a little Youtube channel where we put all our tinkerings and tourings. The £500 adventure bike and all the rest is up on there if anyone's interested.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClx..._as=subscriber

Cheers all! Have a good one