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agentpineapple wrote:good ride out today Lloydie, sorry to Chris that we set off before you had checked out of the posh hotel but our plan worked and we missed any real rain… 1st ride for 3 months so had to recalibrate, but the bike went well and most of the skills are still there.



this was it when i got back…..the hugger tells the story, but the rest of the bike was the same

but its all washed and put to bed now

Al your bike would benefit from a lovely pair of arrows race cans, funnily enough I could help you out.. [/quote]

i like them bars and the fairing trimmed, arnt they great with them on?

i agree…….once you get into the renthals you can't imagine going back………..and I blame Lloydie for getting me to try it.

AMCQ46 wrote:i agree…….once you get into the renthals you can't imagine going back………..and I blame Lloydie for getting me to try it.

I thought they felt really uncomfortable when I tried some today Much prefer the foetal position

you need a few hundred miles to recalibrate, just riding 50 will not be enough

wife saw a bed sale so spent £610 on a mattress on the way home.

She can't complain about you spending money on the bike then.

Nice Pink Scotchlock.

(:-})

Tony, I was round warwick at 9.30 and again at 1pm…….did you hear me?

AMCQ46 wrote:Tony, I was round warwick at 9.30 and again at 1pm…….did you hear me?

Not unless you were a cockerel called Winston that woke me up at 06.30, and kept going all morning.

By 9.30 I was at my sister's in Cov.

Then around 1 I was trying beds out and seeing if the memory foam was having any effect.


Clearly it wasn't as I spent more money than I have in the bank....and it's only the 2nd of the month.....

guess what…….. I went from Warwick to Coventry this morning as well……….I wasn't following you as I didn't go near any bed shops

I was in t' bus, not on t' bike.


No idea why that's turned Tetley.

Not a problem Al good to hear you two had a good run. Hopefully I will make it on the next one

Ckennedy wrote:Not a problem All good to hear you two had a good run. Hopefully I will make it on the next one

Have they sent you to Coventry then chris....

no I was in the lower market town of Cambridge

Finally got back on the road yesterday after some work on the wheels.

Had them powder coated, new brake pads and brake hoses on the front. One new brake disk - the old one had a run out of 1mm, should have been < 0.03mm. Hmm, I guess thats why it was juddering when I tried to stop. And a front brake re-furb.

Ok, ok I may have had a tad help from time server fitter + turner other half (no no no no!! use the torque wrench, not the mallet!!! ) but when you work on your machine it help you bond with it, dont you think

GreenEyedGecko wrote:but when you work on your machine it help you bond with it, dont you think

100% dude! My bike is now like a brother to me

Jamoi wrote: 100% dude! My bike is now like a brother to me

You ride your brother? That's... slightly wrong.