Hi to everyone and thankyou all for such a wonderfull and imformative site. I am 41 year old Male from Sheffield in the UK and ride an amazing little Honda CLR 125 City Fly that i am continuously adapting for adventure touring, up to now i have added sat nav, Givi panniers and rack adapted from a CBF500 set up, 12 volt outputs to power heated clothing and for charging the mobile, MSR fuel bottle, small wind shield etc. I have been riding for about 3 and a half years and turned to Motorcycling when i had a poor stretch of health a few years back and could no longer ride my mountain bikes, the Motorcycles realy helped me pull through and i love getting out riding every chance i get. Last year i drove my CLR 125 up to the West Coast of Scotland using mostly B and minor roads with Occasionaly some A roads and Motorways thrown in, it was a realy wonderfull trip, it took 4 days to get to my destination but ended up riding over 400 miles back in one day, i was amazed at how fresh i felt climbing off the bike back here in Sheffield, it's such a comfortable little thing, i deffinately recommend using ear plugs though on these smaller machines as the constant whine from the engine tends to get to you after a while. I get great MPG on my 125, the Scotland trip, over 800 miles cost just over £40, the tank range is around 150 miles and i carried a 5 litre can of fuel on the back which gave me a range of approximately 240 miles all in. I am planning another longer tour this year hopefully again up to and around Scotland which is far enough for me with my health problems an all, Cystic Fibrosis, Pancreatitis and Diabetes, i know i'm a wreck LOL Anyhow i'm sure there's many more people out there using the smaller capacity machines for touring, i'll be looking out for you out there on the roads, and on here too, and am happy to chat with anyone about sawing handles off of toothbrushes or advanced techniques in Spork food manipulation , perhaps i will be able to review some of the lightweight items i use on my trips as well, thanks again for making this a great place to read about this kind of thing, all the best and hopefully speak soon, Rich

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