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Mav617 wrote:Bike shop rang to say my TRX is ready to come home, the mechanic took it out for a short blast and reported all is well. Roll on Saturday

happy days , get her out and give it a good ride

fabiostar wrote:

Mav617 wrote:Bike shop rang to say my TRX is ready to come home, the mechanic took it out for a short blast and reported all is well. Roll on Saturday

happy days , get her out and give it a good ride

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Watty wrote:

fabiostar wrote:

Mav617 wrote:Bike shop rang to say my TRX is ready to come home, the mechanic took it out for a short blast and reported all is well. Roll on Saturday

happy days , get her out and give it a good ride

Mr star Fabio is this reply meant for the post above

lol.. oh oh oh yeah the TRX of course

Called up insurance to change the bike on my policy, got a little refund (would have liked more but even this unexpected so I can't complain too much).

Still not saying anything more Come to Grainstorm III if you want to know

So Virt, if your changing then you will have to give us the reasons for: was the big brute any good?

grumpyfrog wrote:So Virt, if your changing then you will have to give us the reasons for: was the big brute any good?

The Strom was, and still is, an incredible bike. Do I want to sell it? No, not at all. If I could keep it, I would.

Why am I selling then? Insurance.

I got a garage a while back which supposedly lowered the insurance for next year by about £1.2k.. However I've since moved house (bike is still stored at the same garage, I've moved closer to it) and that's shot the price back up to what it was the first year I had the bike (£2.5k, before interest accrued from paying monthly)... Even though the bike hasn't moved location at all... (because reasons!).

It's still incredible and if I have an opportunity to ride/own one again in the future I will. I'm going to miss it, but the replacement is actually a far better bike. When I went for the test ride I was constantly giggling and grinning and listening to the screaming engine.

mt07?

I'm not telling anybody what it is. You wanna see it? You'll have to meet me somewhere. The bike has a custom paintjob and a lot of nice extras, there is no way I can do it justice (even through photos) over the computer.

Great to see you again Virt.
I think the new bike is really suits you, loving the custom paint

He's brought a cg125

Mav617 wrote:Bike shop rang to say my TRX is ready to come home, the mechanic took it out for a short blast and reported all is well. Roll on Saturday

Finger crossed Mav it's okay this time

Chris.

did my first 100 mile ride of the year on sunday, great to be on two wheels again, slowly getting to the edge of the pr4, another couple of hundred miles and I'll be there....

getting another 100 miles under my belt, I've got to start positioning my feet better as i'm wearing out the toe sliders on my boots....doh!!!

I wasted two days at Easter trying to bleed the brakes up firm on a GSXF. Not mine, it belongs to a mate's brother, it's sat neglected after he'd dropped it for seven months outside.
I knew the calipers were seized solid, so they went off to Jonesy for a little tickle. Lovely job, so fitted those, still wouldn't bleed, so I threw a proper man-strop and said I wasn't going to waste any more time ever on that heap of shite, and bussed it round to Slipstream to have them do it with a vacuum bleeder.
Two weeks later- they can't get it firm either...
At least it wasn't just me.

So I bussed it back again, and tonight I spent twenty minutes putting a spare Storm mc on it, and without even bleeding it (just pumping the lever) I got all the bubbles up in the reservoir and it's nice and firm.
I'm glad I didn't give up- I hate giving up on anything- but why did it take me days to think that if it wasn't the calipers it might be the MC?

tony.mon wrote:I wasted two days at Easter trying to bleed the brakes up firm on a GSXF. Not mine, it belongs to a mate's brother, it's sat neglected after he'd dropped it for seven months outside.
I knew the calipers were seized solid, so they went off to Jonesy for a little tickle. Lovely job, so fitted those, still wouldn't bleed, so I threw a proper man-strop and said I wasn't going to waste any more time ever on that heap of shite, and bussed it round to Slipstream to have them do it with a vacuum bleeder.
Two weeks later- they can't get it firm either...
At least it wasn't just me.

So I bussed it back again, and tonight I spent twenty minutes putting a spare Storm mc on it, and without even bleeding it (just pumping the lever) I got all the bubbles up in the reservoir and it's nice and firm.
I'm glad I didn't give up- I hate giving up on anything- but why did it take me days to think that if it wasn't the calipers it might be the MC?

Old age mate , the simplest things get lost in the volt of knowledge stashed in ya shed I mean head !!