what have you done to your "bike" today

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New Pirelli Angel ST's fitted front and back and mot no advisories. Happy days :D :D
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Had my ccts changed by POPKAT , thanks Malc
Other bikes yamaha fz1, ktm 660
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Yellowone wrote:Had my ccts changed by POPKAT , thanks Malc
Your welcome Tim, nice bike you've got, post up some pics when you've got the proper fairing on, it'll work better than the plastic bag :lol:
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Cleaned it, polished it, put the scottoiler on it...

Got a few other bits to do; need to fit my GPS mount and run the wires back to the battery. And I need to find some link pipes so I can put the viper cans on it.

Other than that, plan on riding it :lol:

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flak monkey wrote:Cleaned it, polished it, put the scottoiler on it...

Got a few other bits to do; need to fit my GPS mount and run the wires back to the battery. And I need to find some link pipes so I can put the viper cans on it.

Other than that, plan on riding it :lol:

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If I'm not mistaken is that Kermit?? If it is look after it and I'm afraid it will always be know as Kermit :lol: :lol:
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Put new blue spot callipers on, still can't bleed the twats. I serviced the m/c but still can't get pressure. Hate front brakes :Argue 1:

Still it was nice having a Chinwag and a beer with Mac when I dropped his Abba stand back :thumbup:
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Had new front tyre fitted today (rear next week) to the bird and played with the rear shock .
It handles better now :-)
Ck and I went for a play down the lanes and it wasn't long before I got my knees down on it :-).
I'm really gelling with it :thumbup:

A bit later ck and I swapped bikes just so he can have his first ride on a il4 .
Anyway I ragged the butt of the rsv ,what a bike it is very fast and handles beautifully but I had to stop and give it back after 10 minutes due to the wind force compressing my neck and giving me unbelievable pain (I'm still hurting now :-( .
That rsv would be great if I was 2f shorter like ck !
Someone my size not good at all ,I couldn't wait to get back on my bird .
The only place on our run the rsv out preformed the bird was in the tight twistys .
The bird just didn't what to flick over , I know it's not a sports bike tho with a few mods I'll sort it out :-)
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Flack you shouldn't need to polish or wax it for months ,
Just was and buff , it had 3layers of finns wax and 3 layers of hydra wax last weekend.
Really nice to know your looking after it :thumbup:
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Pleased you are enjoying the bird Lloydie. They are a handful in the twisties due to the weight of them, but they make up for it in the straights... :lol: The power is addictive, and it's just deceptively quick.

I gave Kermit a couple of coats of Chemical Guys Jetseal - shouldn't need to wax it again for 12 months now :lol: Need to wind the preload off a bit on the front and rear shocks, set too hard for me. If I can find my spanners... :problem:
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lloydie wrote:Had new front tyre fitted today (rear next week) to the bird and played with the rear shock .
It handles better now :-)
Just remembered a 3mm spacer on the top of shock works really well with a BB, bit like a storm.
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so, ck, how was it riding lloydies bird...... :wink:
I didn't think lloydie was into swinging.... :lol:
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popkat wrote:
lloydie wrote:Had new front tyre fitted today (rear next week) to the bird and played with the rear shock .
It handles better now :-)
Just remembered a 3mm spacer on the top of shock works really well with a BB, bit like a storm.
6mm for the bird... :)
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Yes 6mm but I'll wait till I fit weighted linear springs as its already heavy on the front .

Though you might monkey as you weigh half as much as me lol .
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Send the crap!!! higher angle cans. Look at those rear Hangers :lol:
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bigtwinthing wrote:Send the crap!!! higher angle cans. Look at those rear Hangers :lol:
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why have hi level hangers and upswept pipes?
of course they will look funny...... :lol:
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