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Nice one Budd :thumbup: although nothing wrong with your well modified Aprilia in my eyes. I have always liked the look of these RC8's, I even have a scaled down model of one, Chris. TBH Chris you're right there's nothing wrong with my Aprilia (well apart from its reluctance to start on occasion) i...

Yummy! I always fancied one of them too. It'l be great to see it (and hear it) in the flesh. I nearly traded the SP in for one when it came out....but only nearly :D your honda will be a better long term investment Pete and I would really have liked an SP but they are to low and long for my dodgy k...

tony.mon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:29 pm I always fancied those when they first came out, but there was a gearbox concern with the early ones which put me off a bit.

hopefully as this is the later R version the gearbox should be sorted

I do like the idea of one of those things. All the adjustment should suit you as well with your gammy leg. Oh, and FFS, clean up that trials bike! yeah they have quite a wide range of adjustment and is one of the reasons I opted for it I'm currently trying to work out how to adjust the seat height ...

AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:38 pm you like a bike that will randomly fail to start .... Normans RC8 was a pain in the butt on the 1st NI trip, so this should be business as usual for you

i should have bought an Honda...

here she is, https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49484498741_1881530c5c_c.jpg collected it yesterday, '09 RC8 R, 17000 miles, full akra race system, with corresponding KTM power parts map, a few little jobs to do, firstly get rid of that black screen I think a very light tint would look better and b...

grumpyfrog wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:49 pm Still keeping the Ape?

no the ape will be sold, I'll return it to stock, hopefully it will be easier in std trim, plus I'll sell off the bits and pieces I fitted to it separately.

new bike collected today, all I'm saying at the moment is I think Norman would approve, details to follow...

top weekend as usual made all the better by the stunning weather, thanks to everyone for the excellent 'craic'. It was nice to have a pit crew to sort the hateful Aprila, the problems started early when I kicked the rear indicator off (and this before i'd even got it off the drive !!) thanks to Kev ...

Check under the arms of the swinger, Ive had a cbr6 that was rotted through half way along, but didnt realise until I took a rotary wire brush on a grinder to the paint, I then did the same to the 1000 and it had a couple of small holes. They rust from the inside out so by the time the bottom has p...

Front end now installed in the big CBR now affectionately known as the Super Sofa, because in this day and age it no longer lives up to its Super Sport moniker Thats a 165mph sofa if I remember correctly 8) Looking goood Bud :thumbup: it's not slow Pete that's for sure, at least it stops a bit bett...

Front end now installed in the big CBR now affectionately known as the Super Sofa, because in this day and age it no longer lives up to its Super Sport moniker, so the forks, brakes and wheel are now in place. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48683988192_c0db95352b_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr...

fabiostar wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:59 pm

its Aprilia time..

you know it makes sense

The difference between those two valve setups is that one has the fixed bleed port down the middle of the bolt and out through the visible hole below the valve body. The other set probably has either a small spacer (0.1mm x 12mm) keeping the face shim clear of the valve body which I suspect is stoc...

Cheers Tony