So went back to my home country for one week that turned into two...
1 week was not enough to even consider buying a new battery, insure, MoT and do an oil change on my childhood Cub... but as soon as I extended my stay, I decided to do all that before the weekend... So got working:
Oh... did I mention the carb?
As the legshield was off, I noticed a problem with the front brake cable. After so many Cubs that I tore apart here in the UK, I learned a thing or two about harness and cable routing. So obviously this was wrongly done... by the factory? As I have never re-routed that brake cable. So got it in it's right position... will order a new one for it and will send it with the next parcel:
And my greatest fear of all is the countershaft splines as most Honda bikes suffer from premature wear. So opened it up and made sure it was rust free and well lubricated:
As soon as it was running again after sitting since 2015-2016, it went through an MoT that it passed flawlessly:
Was a heavy rain unlike any other on that Friday afternoon so was a bit obsessed by the idea that my beloved Cub will rot under the wheel arch. I have never even looked under there since I got it back in 2008 at 26 km (when new). So since I had some UK Spec goodies that I sent a while back and wanted to add them to the bike, decided to clean and treat the back end of the frame and attach the UK and JDM spec parts...:
The rear light bulb blew while I was working on the bike and taking the rear mudguard off and on again. So lucky that I spotted it.
Next day we decided to go on an adventure. Now I did not anticipate the things to follow but me and some friends decided to go to the seaside. Now that's quite far off from Bucharest but we decided to give it a twist. Not the Romanian seaside but to Bulgaria! So an adventure that implied crossing the Danube river with the ferry and crossing the border and camping on a remote beach. I have never took my Cub this far nor crossed the border, nor ferry, nor camping... so I was in!
Amazing water temperature and all... loved it! And we decided to visit around the Bulgarian coast that took most of the Sunday afternoon. We were late in crossing the border back to Romania at Vama Veche and by the time we stopped in Mangalia to refill, we looked at the Ostrov ferry and it said that the last crossing of the day is at midnight. At 45 MPH, there was enough time to ride from where we were to the ferry with a minute to spare... So I had to keep up with the 45 MPH target in pitch black darkness with my standard shitty headlight. Good thing the GS showed me the way. The Transalps were slow in the dark and we lost them for about 20 min so imagine how I rode the Cub. We got on the ferry at 00:05 and the ticket guy was screaming at us as we did not stop till we were on the ferry. I went to pay for all of us and he said that the ferry runs for the whole night. I was running on fumes with the pegs scraped on both sides to make it for the midnight crossing and he tells me that there's another ferry in 20 min...
We got back home in Bucharest at 04:00 in the morning but what a night! Here are some pictures after the trip:
Changed back to a double seat setup and a picture with my father's English Innova (RO registered as an import).
I was in a long sleeved shirt and trousers both dark blue and I was walking around waiting for my driving licence to be renewed. Went to see my former work place and some of my friends who still work there. It was a lovely ride! Got to the 16400 km mark on the odo and I went to put edge protectors on the side covers as I did with my UK Cubs. The edge protectors are from England...
Spreading the word! Cubs are the best! 
