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Cheers Benny , thanks for your help and advise ..

Thanks Benny, I haven't even ridden it more than 20 yards yet !, but I am not the most confident rider at slow speeds, so if I could keeps the revs slightly higher when riding slow surely that would help wouldn't it ?

So what ive found is

FRONT - 1 tooth up 'gears up' = more speed.
FRONT - 1tooth down 'gears down' = more acceleration

am I correct so far ?

Has anyone experimented with the gearing on their bike either up or down , front or back ?, I you go up 1 tooth on the front does it lower or raise the gearing, which would be the better option for town riding more acceleration and less top end ?

Thanks for everyones help, I have found out it is off a GSXR 1000 , so have got one in the post, thanks again to all..

Thanks mate, I will try a get a photo of the master cylinder...

Oh I know 'Trick' is never the happiest ...

Hi could anyone help me, I have a broken brake lever on the VTR and i have bought one off Ebay, gone to fit and found out it is wrong one !, could someone have a look at the photos and tell me what it is , cheers Arnie... http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo284/arnieboy2004/Nissin%20Brake%20lever/I...

I agree, I am a mechanic by trade for the last 20 odd years, and tightening bolts into Aluminium needs a good FEEL for what you are doing. Your right practice makes perfect. I remember teaching a young lad at our place and he soon got the idea when he had to re-tap the holes out himself !

Hi all, getting the bike ready bit by bit for the road, after buying it. I see that the CCT is a very talked about operation that needs to be done. Could someone suggest where to get one from, are there manual and auto types, if so which is best to fit..Cheers arnie..

Well on removal of headers I had 2 studs break off out of 4 , 50% not bad I suppose, luckily there is the main body of the 8mm bit still let so hoping I can warm it up a bit and get them, if not then it will drilled and Helicoiled i guess !

I dont know if he was a member on here or if the oil change was done by himself , but anyone who would do an oil change and let all the oil run into the fairing must be a lazy tw@ ...

Yeah mate, all that snow and all !, about 5 mins from the Cat and Fiddle, but not so good now with the new distance /time cameras fitted. Still a lot of good biking roads around though.

The guy who had this before me must of been a lazy tw@, coz it looks like he did an oil change without taking the lowers off. Do you know if you can get a full set of fairing bolts to suit the uppers and lowers ?

Yeah OK Benny , I have the lowers off already ,one of the fairing bolts snapped anyway so will have to take the mounting bracket off, I am going to drop the forks out on Saturday so if I remember I will take a shot of the bracket in place and off, cheers Arnie.