In my garage/on Ebay at the moment, I have an 05 Ninja, an 02 DRZ, and an 02 XT prepped to the eyeballs. As well as a dog of a 106.

I can realistically get £7000 for the 3 bikes, and about 50 pence for the car, which is an awful lot of world tourage paid for. The only problem is if I sell all of them I would be walking -and this would take a long while RTW.

So....I keep looking at C90s, of which there are dozens available for way under a grand.

I keep looking at JoeC90s' pics and posts, and thinking how plucky and brave the little Honda looks. Am I working on the typical Brit 'support the underdog policy?' Or just sheer bloody minded nostalgia?

My big question though - It is an obvious money saver to buy the bike itself - BUT - does the meagre fuel consumption equal less road costs? Or does the time lost as a reuslt of the slothlike cruising speed negate this?

I love the idea of a bike having no consumables that cost more than the loose change you tip out of your jacket, and one that can be carried by a small girl if it refuses to start. From my limited travel experience, I also know that there are more shitty mopeds in the world than people, so it might be easier to integrate with locals in less affluent parts of the globe?

Ideas? Condemnations? Wake-up calls? Offers on a Dave Lambeth prepped 2002 XT with Touratech luggage and an Acerbis tank? Anyone want to nick their grans C90 for me?

Thanks

Happy Riding

Joel