
what have you done to your "bike" today
- bigtwinthing
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
fitted my wifes anti slip butt think to her seat 

missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Fixed it for you Paulbigtwinthing wrote:fitted my wifes anti slip seat thing to her butt!

I'm so unlucky that if there is such a thing as re-incarnation I'll come back as me!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Managed to get out and put the final coat of 2pack on my swingarm, frame and other little bits. I got lucky as we only had a couple of spots of rain today. 

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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Swapped out the clipons to risers to raise the bars up a little on the sp2, but sadly the clutch reservoir fouls the fairing. Nothing for it but to buy a Magura radial clutch mc with a remote res, so I can mount it inboard, and a Titax lever to operate it with. Ah, well.
The brake side already has a remote res, so I'll mount them both close to the ignition key on the top yoke- it's easy enough to fab up a couple of brackets.
More money spent....
Hmmm. A Brembo radial mc brake side might sit well with that....calipers would also be needed, natch.... but the brakes are already pretty good, so I might hang fire on those for now. After all, I'm not spending any money on this bike,leaving well enough alone, yes, sir, ma'am, definitely no mods to be seen here, move along.....
The brake side already has a remote res, so I'll mount them both close to the ignition key on the top yoke- it's easy enough to fab up a couple of brackets.
More money spent....
Hmmm. A Brembo radial mc brake side might sit well with that....calipers would also be needed, natch.... but the brakes are already pretty good, so I might hang fire on those for now. After all, I'm not spending any money on this bike,leaving well enough alone, yes, sir, ma'am, definitely no mods to be seen here, move along.....
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
lmao good to see your sticking to your guns
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went out and had a lovely 120 mile evening blast, just home at 11.45 and the roads are clean empty


went out and had a lovely 120 mile evening blast, just home at 11.45 and the roads are clean empty


the older i get,the faster i was 

- bigtwinthing
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Fitted the Touring Screen, its mahoosive. 

missing the noise, not the vibes. However never say never!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Resented the fact I wasn't on it....
Stuck in a bloody car today.
Stuck in a bloody car today.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Got my mates Ducati 250 running last night and took it for a cheeky test ride using the petrol tank off my trials bike bungee strapped to the top tube.
Will look like this when we are finished
https://goo.gl/images/vFNbqB

First time it has moved under its own steam in 15yrs
Will look like this when we are finished
https://goo.gl/images/vFNbqB
First time it has moved under its own steam in 15yrs

AMcQ
- fletch1969
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Got home from work and watched the rain out the garage door. Delivery van came with new light tint Powerbronze double bubble, so fitted that and it looks like it'll be a lot better (I'm 6'2" and catching the buffeting just wrong with standard).
Hoping for some decent riding weather this weekend.
Hoping for some decent riding weather this weekend.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
It's nice feeling to hear an old bike (or a car for that matter) fire up like that after it's been stood for many yearsAMCQ46 wrote:Got my mates Ducati 250 running last night and took it for a cheeky test ride using the petrol tank off my trials bike bungee strapped to the top tube.
Will look like this when we are finished
https://goo.gl/images/vFNbqB
First time it has moved under its own steam in 15yrs


Chris.
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
AMCQ46 wrote:Got my mates Ducati 250 running last night and took it for a cheeky test ride using the petrol tank off my trials bike bungee strapped to the top tube.
Will look like this when we are finished
https://goo.gl/images/vFNbqB
First time it has moved under its own steam in 15yrs
ah those wee Ducati singles are a wee darling of a bike


the older i get,the faster i was 

Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Seeing as the weather is fiddler so no riding today, I swapped my sidestand out for one from an early R1. Jacking up the rear end with shorter dog bones left the bike leaning way over on the stand, the R1 one is 2.5cm longer so it's much better now.
I'm so unlucky that if there is such a thing as re-incarnation I'll come back as me!
Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Did you wear a helmet and have you got insurance sirwent out and had a lovely 120 mile evening blast, just home at 11.45 and the roads are clean empty![]()


We had so much rain here the other day I thought the bike might start aquaplaning while sitting on bricks.
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
the weather we have had here iv got near 1k in the last week clocked upcybercarl wrote:Did you wear a helmet and have you got insurance sirwent out and had a lovely 120 mile evening blast, just home at 11.45 and the roads are clean empty![]()
If yes then your only allowed 6 points for pleasure otherwise you can have 3
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We had so much rain here the other day I thought the bike might start aquaplaning while sitting on bricks.


the older i get,the faster i was 
