what have you done to your "bike" today

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lloydie wrote:Fitted Image
Ohlins :-)
NIIIICE Lloyd :thumbup: tacky cable ties though 8O :lol:
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Yes a temporary fix ! I need some clamps
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lloydie wrote:Cleanest I've ever seen it .
not wanting to slag you off virt, but taking off those iffy stickers and putting the bike back to standard has actually improved the look of your bike... :lol:
because its a rare matte black, it looks much better as standard..... :thumbup:
shame you couldn't keep it, but the reasons you put forward make a lot of sense mate, good luck with selling that matte black beauty, I bet lloydie had a real sh1t eating grin on his face when he fitted the ohlins.... :lol:
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agentpineapple wrote:
lloydie wrote:Cleanest I've ever seen it .
not wanting to slag you off virt, but taking off those iffy stickers and putting the bike back to standard has actually improved the look of your bike... :lol:
because its a rare matte black, it looks much better as standard..... :thumbup:
shame you couldn't keep it, but the reasons you put forward make a lot of sense mate, good luck with selling that matte black beauty, I bet lloydie had a real sh1t eating grin on his face when he fitted the ohlins.... :lol:

I liked the stickers on the rear seat, the 'Force V2' ones in orange. They really made the back of the bike look like good, instead of plain and bare :(

Also, he did have a sh1t eating grin.. Surprisingly enough, that was the cost for him to take the Ohlins :wink:
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it dose look nice clean and standard now tho we'll finish the cleaning tomorrow ready for some pics of the adds .
i still want to remove the rim tape :twisted:
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Only issue with it being standard is that I couldn't hear my exhausts on the way home... at all :lol: :(
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Ohlins looks good Lloydie, you need to make a smart bracket for the remote like mine!!!( Its fitted with w s/s strap now too)
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That looks good :thumbup: tho I wouldn't have room where mine sits
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lloydie wrote:That looks good :thumbup: tho I wouldn't have room where mine sits
So have you ridden it yet? feel a difference?

Mine was a huge improvement.
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Not yet later and hope to dial it in . The static sag is set so it's just the compression and rebound I need to play with .
I'll post up my finding later :thumbup:
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lloydie wrote:Not yet later and hope to dial it in . The static sag is set so it's just the compression and rebound I need to play with .
I'll post up my finding later :thumbup:
Set it to 10 clicks back from fully in on comp and 8 clicks back on rebound as a start point, then fine tune the rebound so it feels like I set your forks, then take it for a ride to see how it feels, fine tune again from there. Feeling vague or choppy or both then reduce compression, if it feels a bit loose or soft then add some comp. hard to describe the feeling with compression but hopefully you get the idea.
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Lloyd asks 'which one is which?' :lol:

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Thanks bob I had a play from your base setting and it's getting better :thumbup: .
The rear feels much more planted over a standard shock and feels like I can hold a tighter line as long as I'm not full throttling it out if bends .
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Also today gave virts storm the final clean and went to bassets hills for the photos for his sales add ,
What's the first thing the muppet go's and dose ,only rides through soft deep mud
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I could off booted the git down the hills ,all that hard work undone :-(

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:D

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