mrfill

There was a major frame revision done starting from 2012, identifiable by looking at the seat (it is split into two) and the later ones were a bit lighter and had far less vibration through the bars. I had a 2012 faired model which I owned for 8 years. Great bike - very easy on fuel (65-70mpg), comfortable, fast (130mph) and with loads of torque. Never had a spot of trouble with it and only sold it as I wanted a change. No issues with any cracking. Before selling (and getting a ZZR600), I did try a 2019 model (then called Ninja 650). Bars were a bit lower and it was 20kg lighter which made it felt even more lively but by then I had decided to change to a 4-pot. They're quite basic, no-frills machines but I had 8 years of fun (and 2 trips to the Isle of Man) on mine

Improving floods? Are they hoping for improvements in water to make it less wet?

They charged the trucker with negligent driving causing death. Perhaps you're making up stories.....

So they used these new fangled barriers (far better than those old sand bags), then discovered more seepage so ordered more old sand bags. Hmmmm

Wasn't that long ago you weren't allowed to have a CD player going as it "might upset the navigation instruments". Utter tosh. Now, it seems that while you can have a mobile phone happily working in flight, a wee bluetooth tag will send you plummeting into a mountain. Or not.

Thomas Edison demonstrated how to electrocute an elephant. Took 6600volts... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topsy_(elephant)

Just had a strange bout of deja vu. I visited Ayutthaya in 2012 shortly after the last big flood. You could see by the water marks on walls (above head level) that it had been serious and the papers were saying how 70 temples and sites were in danger of collapse. Lots of money was promised for flood prevention and suitable barricades to protect the monuments so that it would never happen again. Blah blah blah........