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leevtr wrote:Today, I had a new st of boots fitted to the old girl.

Not the ones I ordered, was let down by the shop, so they did me a deal on something else, Dunlop Sportsmarts.

Not what I wanted, but hopefully they'll be good.

Will keep you posted !!

Oh, they'll be good, possibly better than you.

Mine are....

Stuck then on, took then to Wales, couldn't make them unstick in horrible rain.

i always try to find the limits, provoke them, big handfuls when leant over, aggressive clutch drops when gearchanging, etc, thought I was going soft.

They're good......

Thats good to know, cheers !!

trust me, i've seen tony's rear tyre and put it this way, i've seen so called track bikes thats tyres are no where near as scrubbed in as tony's.....

rode it
And put a nice sticker on screen just waiting on other parts now

My first post on this bit havnt had the vtr for long the pimping has began,

Chopped/ modded under tray fitted tail tidy,and some small indicators,also carbon vinyl wrapped my mirrors and belly pan looks great,Im not to bad at this as ive done alot over the years pics to follow

Vtrkidda wrote:My first post on this bit havnt had the vtr for long the pimping has began,

Chopped/ modded under tray fitted tail tidy,and some small indicators,also carbon vinyl wrapped my mirrors and belly pan looks great,Im not to bad at this as ive done alot over the years pics to follow

come on then where's the pictures

lloydiecbr wrote:

Vtrkidda wrote:My first post on this bit havnt had the vtr for long the pimping has began,

Chopped/ modded under tray fitted tail tidy,and some small indicators,also carbon vinyl wrapped my mirrors and belly pan looks great,Im not to bad at this as ive done alot over the years pics to follow

come on then where's the pictures

Im trying

fitted this litte cap looks very nice



and going to get some stainless screws tomorrow for it

I have stainless screws listed for £2 a pair posted 1st class- same as SP1 ones.

Today I mostly got wet on the way to meet the very agreeable Yeti.

Picked up the undertray from him, admired his bikes (personaly I think 3 'Storms is just plain greedy!! ), had a lovely cuppa and biccy, met Mrs Yeti and Fluffy Yeti the dog!

Rode home in the sunshine and cleaned the bike...again!



Nice roads over in Surrey but covered in farmers mud!

nice to meet you too jester .
good luck with the undertray
and you forgot to mention the potholes courtesy of surrey county council
your poor VTR, she looked like someone had chucked a bucket a mud at her but she`s
cleaned up a treat
Send me the bill for washing it as i made you come all this way to pick up the undertray.
only sorry i didnt have more time to chat bikes

regards
YETI..

Stripped the old girl down a bit more today. Checked valve clearances - all that work and they were fine, but better than paying someone else to hear the same thing and good news really. How anyone can get to the front cam cover top bolts without removing the carbs and the black plastic shield is beyond me - anyway I wanted to check/clean the carbs anyway. Checked the cam chain deflection whilst I was there and still spot on - these manuals really don't need adjusting, or very rarely, so you wonder why they bother fitting the semi auto ones which fail.

Subframe and brackets sprayed - forks to spray tomorrow then the wheels and bellypan can go to the paintshop for a respray.

A few earths checked and remade.

Bottom hose has a slight nic in it where it has been in contact with the bellypan (for years and years mind) and whilst it isn't leaking I'll replace it and make a small semi-circle in the belly pan before its sprayed so it can't rub again.

Good day's work - now for a Radox bath!

Rode it to Brands, met Bazza, drunk coffee & watched some racing. A RED SP won the Superbikes race so was obviously the fastest! Popped round to see Tony Mons, getting him up off the sick bed/sofa & he kindly removed my butchered inspection cap with a large hammer. Rode it home & got cut up on the A2 by a pratt in a blacked out windows Range Rover.

Mac

sounds like you had a full day mac

Took it out of the garage for the first time since November. Oiled the chain then proceeded to take her for a wee run.

Kirkcaldy to Dumfries via the A702. Really good run down, the roads were a wee bit damp so I didn't push her too hard. Was good to get the head back into it again though.
Coming back past Abington a hailstorm started. By feck its sore getting hit from them when your on the bike.
215 miles all in today no a bad wee trip for starters. Im a wee bit tired now so just chillin with a braw cuppa and thinking that the bike needs a clean tomorrow.