I was early this morning at 21st Moto in Swanley to get this service done – a couple of hundred miles over the 4000 mark but not too bad – it’s basically an oil and filter change plus inspection of brake pads etc. but I wanted to ensure the warranty was not compromised. If it weren’t for this, I would have done it myself. In any event I am now in good shape to head off to the British Treffen in Carmarthen on Thursday and after that for Yorkshire where I have an appointment to get fog lights, rear lights and a GPS wired in to the bike’s electrics – this is a job I definitely would not attempt myself! The problem being that as a UK spec bike with airbag, none of the USA stuff fits and it all has to be spliced into the bike”s harness using made up sub-harnesses. I continue to feel aggrieved that Honda have short-changed the UK market so badly compared with the USA.
Re the GPS, I have decided to get a Garmin 2820 unit fitted as I really do want the ability to pre-program routes etc. on the PC. It is not impossible that some future update of the bike’s system may allow that but neither Garmin nor Honda have promised or said anything at all on that score, meanwhile the bike system is great for simple point to point navigation.