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Was that DAF truck gunning for you or what. Reminds me of riding in London that.

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oh it got much better once on the bypass in bristol but I aint putting that up

Ahh, nothing safer than stationary cars. Your bike is very quiet, what cans do you have? I'm sure my standards are louder!

tankslappa wrote:Ahh, nothing safer than stationary cars. Your bike is very quiet, what cans do you have? I'm sure my standards are louder!

Its the bloody mic on the camera, low speed dont hear anything and "faster" speed all u get it wind noise.....gonna have to get an external mic for it. Cans are microns and loud enough to make me start wearing earplugs again lol

i didn't think the truck did any thing wrong, other than being on stupidly small roads in the first place
i was out for 30 mins or so today, too much traffic to have any fun, spent at least 5 mins filtering...grrrrrrrrr
still at least with the loud cans they seem to part , leaving me an easy-ish passage thru

i had to be the 2000 poster lol
ive never see a topic run this long before with this many replys(2000) and views(24281)

Adjusted the gear change lever, replaced it recently and it was too high.

Adjusted the Scott oiler. Was shocked to see a few drops of oil under the bike till I realised what it was!

Just need to adjust headlight alignment now, I can only see about 20ft in front of me in the dark! Nearly hit a dead Badger yesterday coming home from work - squelchy speedbump?

Ride to work was great. Long stack has improved mid range grunt very well. Shock spacer has helped the bike handling too. Was being easy on the twisty sections as the roads were a wee bit damp but the ride home should be better as the sun is now starting to do its job.

Think I might finish early and go waste a tank of fuel somewhere nice.



Jazz

Rode to work on my fresh fuel - she loves it.

Had a slight back end out moment on some middle of corner kitty litter, that's certainly one way to wake yourself up!

The zip on my two piece leathers has given up the ghost. It appears they have shrunk in height as well as girth (are these actually my leathers?!). So any recommendations for someone who can replace a zip on two piece leathers?

Jazzscot wrote:Ride to work was great. Long stack has improved mid range grunt very well. Shock spacer has helped the bike handling too. Was being easy on the twisty sections as the roads were a wee bit damp but the ride home should be better as the sun is now starting to do its job.

Think I might finish early and go waste a tank of fuel somewhere nice.



Jazz

Try this place its where allot of the actual leather repairs get sent by the retailers

http://www.andellemotorleathers.co.uk/

Thanks for those guys. Does anyone know of any Essex, Kent, East London way? The cost of posting both parts of the suit is going to be more than the repair, which is silly!

tankslappa wrote:Rode to work on my fresh fuel - she loves it.

Had a slight back end out moment on some middle of corner kitty litter, that's certainly one way to wake yourself up!

The zip on my two piece leathers has given up the ghost. It appears they have shrunk in height as well as girth (are these actually my leathers?!). So any recommendations for someone who can replace a zip on two piece leathers?

These people are very good, and if you arrange it will repair while you wait.
They're a couple of hundred yards off J3 M25, so easy to get to.

I know their website goes on about film and tv costumes, but they do a good range of bike leathers, and I've used them for leather repairs and alterations many times over the years.

Thy're cheap for getting badges, names and other customisation on leathers as well.

Thanks Tony... Could you try that again with the link ;-)

Don't worry, I've been taking the websites with a pinch of salt - The two I was given earlier look like they were written in 1992 by someone with a copy of the idiots guide to HTML programming.

tankslappa wrote:Thanks Tony... Could you try that again with the link ;-)

Don't worry, I've been taking the websites with a pinch of salt - The two I was given earlier look like they were written in 1992 by someone with a copy of the idiots guide to HTML programming.

Slappa, these guys have been very good in the past. I have a set of leathers with them at the moment being stitched -
http://www.bysonleather.co.uk/
If you struggle to get there I could pick them up or you drop them to me and I will get them dropped off as a guy I work with lives just down the road from them.
Good luck