what have you done to your "bike" today
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Nowt, anyone want to buy a SV1000K3? Thought not.......
I'm so unlucky that if there is such a thing as re-incarnation I'll come back as me!
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tonight I took the clothes (plastics) off my ride 
20,000 mile service to do. big clean and polish,oil all moving parts
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20,000 mile service to do. big clean and polish,oil all moving parts
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Re: what have you done to your "bike" today
Pulled the SP2 to bits, shock out ready for a rebuild at HM Racing, don't bikes look sad when they're half torn apart?
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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i love seeing them naked. you can see the engineering that makes them work
the older i get,the faster i was 
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Ram tubes arrived...fitting today..trying later tonight
Arrived quickly with concise fitting intruction sent online in advance...
Arrived quickly with concise fitting intruction sent online in advance...
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Borrowed the damper off storms 996 stablemate
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spent some therapy time in shed. getting her down to the bare bones .
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its the time of year men spend time in cold sheds, gotta love it..
fitted a wee sneeky 4 row oil cooler to mine today from an SP
fitted a wee sneeky 4 row oil cooler to mine today from an SP
the older i get,the faster i was
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Started a bracket to attach damper to the fork tube.
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SWMBO is having her kitchen rebuilt so I'm having her for dinner on a regular basis. I've had to move the Storm out of the lounge and put up new curtains! FFS!!!
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I squandered" (George Best, RIP)
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Damper back on 996
Had a bit of a staring match with my storm last night...Just seemed wrong somehow to borrow a damper when its never really misbehaved. I could sorta justify a damper to compliment the bark busters but wonder how effective it would be in a collision. I guess the damper would lock the steering to the limit of the assembly. But it means the damper being a permanent thing.
So I dwelled on it for a bit longer... chained it to the rafters, pulled the top triple to find the steering head lock nut loose.
Stripped, cleaned, greased, made a hideous tube socket and torqued and tried.
The high speed shimmy and little lane wander has been replaced by a stable line and burning desire
I know! I think I've read the same advice on every VTR forum.
Feeling relieved but dumb
Had a bit of a staring match with my storm last night...Just seemed wrong somehow to borrow a damper when its never really misbehaved. I could sorta justify a damper to compliment the bark busters but wonder how effective it would be in a collision. I guess the damper would lock the steering to the limit of the assembly. But it means the damper being a permanent thing.
So I dwelled on it for a bit longer... chained it to the rafters, pulled the top triple to find the steering head lock nut loose.
Stripped, cleaned, greased, made a hideous tube socket and torqued and tried.
The high speed shimmy and little lane wander has been replaced by a stable line and burning desire
I know! I think I've read the same advice on every VTR forum.
Feeling relieved but dumb
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almost domesticated now! ... so will the storm still have these Curtains fitted when you come to Yorkshire?KermitLeFrog wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:11 pm SWMBO is having her kitchen rebuilt so I'm having her for dinner on a regular basis. I've had to move the Storm out of the lounge and put up new curtains! FFS!!!
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