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Shhh KevKev L wrote:There’s always the Bantam shaped stick to beat you with!
They had forgotten about that 
Then adjusted and lubed chain on that one too. Now to have a well earned cider or three.
. aaaaah no!!!!! to change it the grab rail has to come of,then the tail unit rear light top part of the undertray then you need ETs fingers to get the wiring pushed through,which was to short on the new one, well i had nothing to do for those two hours anyhow 
Will it really pull a higher gearing like that (3 tooth less on rear sprocket) without making the bike feel sluggish MavMav617 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:59 pm Busy day, washed both, adjusted/lubed chain and fitted Kappa Handguards to my XSR700, great for keeping the wind off and to protect the digits when filtering. Also put a 42T rear sprocket on the lil Duke, in place of the 45T standard, as recommended by our old friend Kermit Le Frog who popped up on the 390 Duke forum
Cheers Chris, it feels okay just on a short blast, Kermit and the other forum guys recommend the swap so touch wood......am even thinking I might chop in the XS700 for the Duke 790....sirch345 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:32 pmWill it really pull a higher gearing like that (3 tooth less on rear sprocket) without making the bike feel sluggish MavMav617 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:59 pm Busy day, washed both, adjusted/lubed chain and fitted Kappa Handguards to my XSR700, great for keeping the wind off and to protect the digits when filtering. Also put a 42T rear sprocket on the lil Duke, in place of the 45T standard, as recommended by our old friend Kermit Le Frog who popped up on the 390 Duke forum
It should make the already amazing mpg even better if it does
Chris.
freeridenick wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:45 pm Pretty much finished building the engine to go I the bike the stage 2 came out of. There's probably another hour or so of work left and I can get the bike built up and off to a new owner.
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new owner? waaaaaaaaa? this isnt your bike you are selling is it? No, no. It's the one that donated the stage 2 and other nice bits. It's a bit scruffy and the plastics have been down the road, but it'll have a fresh engine and a couple of nice bits going with it.fabiostar wrote:freeridenick wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:45 pm Pretty much finished building the engine to go I the bike the stage 2 came out of. There's probably another hour or so of work left and I can get the bike built up and off to a new owner.
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Kermit Le Frog must know, so I'm sure it'll be fineMav617 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 10:32 pmCheers Chris, it feels okay just on a short blast, Kermit and the other forum guys recommend the swap so touch wood......am even thinking I might chop in the XS700 for the Duke 790....sirch345 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 9:32 pmWill it really pull a higher gearing like that (3 tooth less on rear sprocket) without making the bike feel sluggish MavMav617 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:59 pm Busy day, washed both, adjusted/lubed chain and fitted Kappa Handguards to my XSR700, great for keeping the wind off and to protect the digits when filtering. Also put a 42T rear sprocket on the lil Duke, in place of the 45T standard, as recommended by our old friend Kermit Le Frog who popped up on the 390 Duke forum
It should make the already amazing mpg even better if it does
Chris.
You're getting there mategilson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:32 pm Need to add fairings, gear indicator and brake guard.
The Quill Ti cans are nice and adds to the weight saving. As does a Li battery, which feels like there's nothing actually inside it. Along with the fairings and fan I'm hopeful of a few kgs saved but there's not much else. I do have an ally front fairing but that will go on later once I figure out out to attach the clocks to it.
Let's hope I don't make a pig's ear of the fairings.
