what have you done to your "bike" today

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We only dropped the forks 5mm and that should help to hold the line
Maybe a shock spacer will feel better for him. :biggrin

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cybercarl wrote:
We only dropped the forks 5mm and that should help to hold the line
Maybe a shock spacer will feel better for him. :biggrin

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Having a rear shock with less than 41k on it would also help :P reminds me that I need to see how much they cost. Thanks for the reminder

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i had to have restrictors in my nc30 and my hornet i removed them soon as i could as they just kill the bike! get em gone mate!
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whitestorm pete wrote:i had to have restrictors in my nc30 and my hornet i removed them soon as i could as they just kill the bike! get em gone mate!
I know they kill the hornet, my main concern is that my brother and dad both ride bikes and occasionally I ride his sprint st 1050 for short periods and he rides the hornet supervising me while I do so.. He will notice the extra oooohhhh... 60bhp is provides? :lol:
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he rides the hornet supervising me while I do so.. He will notice the extra oooohhhh... 60bhp is provides? :lol:
That would be because he has done something to break them. :Shrug:

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cybercarl wrote:
We only dropped the forks 5mm and that should help to hold the line
Maybe a shock spacer will feel better for him. :biggrin

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the rear shock is scrap :thumbdown:
now that the forks are working as they should its hi-lighting the bad rear shock
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lloydie wrote:
cybercarl wrote:
We only dropped the forks 5mm and that should help to hold the line
Maybe a shock spacer will feel better for him. :biggrin

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the rear shock is scrap :thumbdown:
now that the forks are working as they should its hi-lighting the bad rear shock
I've currently found some on eBay that I'm monitoring for the possibility of purchase :)

EDIT: And I've just found they probably won't fit, it's a 900 hornet shock. D'oh! Wombles do I have £300 for a new shock!
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lets take them washers out and raise the forks then see how you get on ,
i would go spending money on that thing as the storm is only a few months away ,

i would concentrate on getting your riding skills up to scratch like overtaking .
lesion one , if you cant overtake quickly and cleanly dont overtake . :thumbup:
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lloydie wrote:lets take them washers out and raise the forks then see how you get on ,
i would go spending money on that thing as the storm is only a few months away ,

i would concentrate on getting your riding skills up to scratch like overtaking .
lesion one , if you cant overtake quickly and cleanly dont overtake . :thumbup:
sounds good, and yeah. I know that lesson, was always taught by my dad "not to fly unless you have somewhere to land" makes sense really. I'm gonna point out overtaking the C1 was on a dual carriageway and I was not being suicidal and throwing myself into oncoming traffic :lol:

And yeah, I'd rather avoid spending the money but my back bloody aches after the speed hump things on the way back from leamington. Basically have the choice of getting my back slapped by a macbook, or impaled by the macbook or phone charger. :thumbup:
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was always taught by my dad "not to fly unless you have somewhere to land" makes sense really
Unless you land in sh1t. :lol:

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cybercarl wrote:
was always taught by my dad "not to fly unless you have somewhere to land" makes sense really
Unless you land in sh1t. :lol:

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Usually I'm not short sighted or blind enough for that to happen :lol:
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Virt wrote:
cybercarl wrote:
was always taught by my dad "not to fly unless you have somewhere to land" makes sense really
Unless you land in sh1t. :lol:

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Usually I'm not short sighted or blind enough for that to happen :lol:
or going fast enough :lol:
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lloydie wrote: or going fast enough :lol:
Yes yes, 3.133 bhp I know very funny. Dyno obviously put the decimal in the wrong place :lol:
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Virt wrote:
lloydie wrote: or going fast enough :lol:
Yes yes, 3inch I know very funny. dave put it in the wrong place :lol:
it must of 8O
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lloydie wrote:
Virt wrote:
lloydie wrote: or going fast enough :lol:
Yes yes, 3inch I know very funny. dave put it in the wrong place :lol:
better than a one inch wonder :thumbdown: :oops:
There there Lloyd, it's not all bad
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