Bernie, no worries at all. You take care of yourself and focus on recovery, the Bike discussion can wait!
@ Dan J-- sorry I missed it. What do you dislike more, carbs or MFI?
I was thinking of a club race about 12 or 13 years ago when your client had her MFI pump stick in the WOT position going down no-name at Lime Rock. . .@#$%^ MFI system! I have an old spare pump for sale, gonna use the proceeds toward my new bike LOL. Sorry I missed a chance at yours, I have no doubt it was in perfect condition.
On the scooter topic. . . yep I've been thinking about them a bit, and put in 75 miles on electric Revels (made by NIU in China) going back and forth. . . until the Company experienced a "Temporary Shutdown" in response to a couple of fatalities in close succession.
While the Honda Super Cub C125 ABS is a cool machine, and reminiscent of the original, I have concluded that:
1) If I'm going to own something, I'm going to own what I've always wanted, which is an old Airhead (but not TOO old, I'm not planning on a Toaster or a true classic like a /2)
2) I want the increased visual profile of a full size bike along with the acceleration, braking and cargo capacity.
3) I will store the bike upstate in the Winter, hence it has to have some cross-country capability.
@911_Dude, THANKS for the link to the web site, where I found a comparison chart of model differences between the various years of R65, very helpful. This reinforces Denis' point above, which is that they made many desirable changes to the later models. Which doesn't make the earlier bikes bad, per se, but if you have a choice might as well go with the ones with more power, brembo brakes, nikasil cylinders, Bings with a return spring for the slide, electronic ignition, etc.
Although part of me doesn't care and would prefer to rip out all the old Bosch electrics and replace them with a Silent Hektik LiMa (German shorthand for Lichtsmaschine, er, Alternator) that has a Hall-Effect pickup for the ignition on it. Not cheap but all the old stuff would go away to be replaced by modern charging with 16 different advance curves.
@ Kurt, nice ride, our old friend from Texas would be proud.
@Tidy, if your bike maintenance is as thorough as your garage they should go a million miles.
@ John- yes, I encounter those guys every night, going the wrong way up a one way street, no headlights of any kind, silent but for the whir of the electric bike, plastic bags over their hands for gloves. People in NYC don't really know how to COOK.
@Flat-- how was the bike going over the bridge? Crosswinds and the surface texture? Do tell.
My continued THANKS, I'm getting some good info here.
The photos are VERY helpful as they help me to see what's original and know what I'm looking at.