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got my bike thru it's mot.....
and finally programmed the gpi....
i'm even getting more confident using a rear paddock stand....

Good news, at last!!!

Kev L wrote:Good news, at last!!!

tell me about it, i'm not 100% happy tho

Why coz its yella

lloydie wrote:Why coz its yella

cheeky git.........
get this, I got an advisory..........for low front pads.
strange because I put brand new brembo pads on less than 100 miles ago.............
I know brembo's have very little pad material from new, but that's taking the piss......
not to mention the head bearings are to tight, which is where it should have gotten an advisory......
at least it passed, i'll try and sort out the head bearings tomorrow......

Good news it's got a MOT at last

Not really to the blue banana, but picked up a damn good set of wheels with good discs front n rear, what looks like new cush rubbers and virtually brand new tyres for.........


Wait for it .........................



£63 !!!!

Bargain

[quote="agentpineapple"]got my bike thru it's mot.....
and finally programmed the gpi....
i'm even getting more confident using a rear paddock stand.... [/quote]

if you want your confidence wobbled come round mine and try and use one in my garage. its on about a 1 in ten slope and sometimes just when you think its stable it starts to slowly glide backwards on the little wheels.

lumpyv wrote:

agentpineapple wrote:got my bike thru it's mot.....
and finally programmed the gpi....
i'm even getting more confident using a rear paddock stand.... [/quote]

if you want your confidence wobbled come round mine and try and use one in my garage. its on about a 1 in ten slope and sometimes just when you think its stable it starts to slowly glide backwards on the little wheels.

ferk that mate.........
I have to use it to one side of the garden because I know the floor is level, I dropped a vtr using a paddock stand 3yrs ago, I didn't realise one wheel of the stand was on the level floor, but the other was on the wonky floor, I caught the bike as it fell, but all I did was cushion the fall, it bloody hurt as well......

nightmare!!

I chock the front wheel when its on the stand.

lumpyv wrote:nightmare!!

I chock the front wheel when its on the stand.

what do you use, a lump of wood, or a proper bike chock?

big triangle shaped lump of wood. I have also tied it to a fixed bench at the top of the garage sometimes

Well it's been quiet at work this evening. First time doing the late shift here so the bike got a wash, polish and I made a almost waste of time starting to clean the headers as there in need of attention. To be honest the rest of the bike has pretty nice and it didn't take to long

Me and Lloyd adjusted the ride height up by 5mm yesterday and it feels quite a bit different but it was all to try to get some heat into the front tyre but by the time I'd got to work I'd spent 10mins doing 30mph so any heat that was in there went so I don't know how much difference it's actually made yet

agentpineapple wrote:

lumpyv wrote:

agentpineapple wrote:got my bike thru it's mot.....
and finally programmed the gpi....
i'm even getting more confident using a rear paddock stand.... [/quote]

if you want your confidence wobbled come round mine and try and use one in my garage. its on about a 1 in ten slope and sometimes just when you think its stable it starts to slowly glide backwards on the little wheels.

ferk that mate.........
I have to use it to one side of the garden because I know the floor is level, I dropped a vtr using a paddock stand 3yrs ago, I didn't realise one wheel of the stand was on the level floor, but the other was on the wonky floor, I caught the bike as it fell, but all I did was cushion the fall, it bloody hurt as well......

Your lucky it just didn't go 'BOING' bounce off & fall on it's other side...

Still at least the pain was worth it...