Honda Forza 350

[Andym]

Cost is not a massive concern for me. I once bought a set of Pirellis. Hating something for 10000 miles is worse than hating the same awful teflon coated wooden feel for 5000!

Do the Karoos wear the middle to cause replacement earlier or is it just sipes that go and leave a different but still legal main pattern?

Tyres that don't make it between service intervals do annoy, I don't want to waste summer weekends changing them. Actually, not logical, but I'd almost prefer an 8000 mile life to 10000. I'd swap anyway to make it through another year, but it wouldn't look as wasteful!!

Whatever version of CityGrip Honda supplied can't actually be that bad. In the past I've hated OE fit Dunaplop's so much I've taken them off at 200 miles, stored for three years and refitted when I go to sell the bike. These have done 6000 miles and have 2mm left so might make it to Autumn. I have a Euro trip in October so they'll be off by then and hopefully the new ones then last until winter 26/27.

Andy

[Leadfarmer]

Mine came on Pirellis which went off quite quickly so I put some Citygrip 2 on based on good reviews

On my bikes I went from being a Michelin fan to preferring Continental, I’ve had Road Attacks, Trail Attacks and Sport Attacks

Next time I change the tires on the scoot I’ll go fo Contis

[mottza]

The karoos leave a different but legal pattern.

[Andym]

The karoos leave a different but legal pattern.

Thank You

Andy

[roadster]

Which Michelin's did you change to, please?

I believe it was the Michelin Pure Power SC or the equivalent at that time.

[Andym]

Finally decided I had to do something about the frankly dangerous mirrors on the Forza, so I've been playing.



Top right, stick on blindspot. If you want cheap and cheerful this is the answer. Doesn't let you see behind properly but does give some sense of what's there.

Top left. These are "reversing" mirrors. A swine to mount, you need to modify the clips. They still aren't wide enough. I also had these mounted sideways, but no joy. Now removed, they are no better than the stick on ones and would probably rub the paint.

Bottom left. Bar end, these work.

Not tried fitting proper motorcycle mirrors, the bars have the sockets but I had the bar ends. Given so many motorcycle mirrors are useless I discounted this without trying more than holding one up to it.

The correct solution would by spacers to move the Honda mirrors wide enough to actually work. I've been in under the fairing far enough to see the wiring and some of the mount and concluded that was far enough.

Right, anyone know where I can buy seventeen spotlights and a parker with a target on the back?

Andy

[Waldorf]

Very useful, thank you.
I've ended up with stck-on blind-spot mirrors.
Recently, though, on one of the FB forza groups, a chap was praising the stick-on convex mirrors that cover the standard ones. He got them from AliExpress.
I'm tempted.

[Stephen]

Yes,probably my only complaint about the Forza 350..indeed the mirrors are pretty Pants,as i am sure i have mentioned in previous posts,i to have the stick on blind spot mirrors,i think i see some spacers(possibly ones for the CB350)that looked like they might push the mirrors out a little bit,unsure how easy the job would be to fix spacers as cables run up the mirror arms for the lights.

Steve

[mottza]

For pants mirrors try a super cub

[riders in the storm]

I was trying to study Andy's mirror arrangement, but my eyes kept getting drawn to the poster on his garage wall........ .......