what have you done to your "bike" today

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i took a picture with it covered in sleet i will post it on the GS website and say i was in Andorra :lol:

On a recent trip to Dorchester i talked to a Guy with a GS Adventure, all the boxes all the gear, sat nav BMW Panniers and "Trailmaster suit", Trail tyres and head come all the way from Bridport. He had the bike from new and had toured the World for 3400 miles in 5 years. It may have been Ewan but not sure. :lol:

It seems in the "adventure world" you have similar knobs to the "roadracers " with chicken strips and new knee sliders. They are bikers though.
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bigtwinthing wrote:i took a picture with it covered in sleet i will post it on the GS website and say i was in Andorra :lol:

On a recent trip to Dorchester i talked to a Guy with a GS Adventure, all the boxes all the gear, sat nav BMW Panniers and "Trailmaster suit", Trail tyres and had come all the way from Bridport. He had the bike from new and had toured the World for 3400 miles in 5 years. It may have been Ewan but not sure. :lol:

It seems in the "adventure world" you have similar knobs to the "roadracers " with chicken strips and new knee sliders. They are bikers though.
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Fired the old girl up and took her out for the first ride of the year last evening (did 80 kms; a tuning ride). I was expecting to have to do some minor jetting changes further to the intake changes I made (ie. new airbox lid with larger filter element, matched port/collar/carb throat, lower profile butterfly screws) and this was indeed the case. Thankfully, having two Flo-Commanders (one for main and one for pilot circuits) greatly simplified the job. I ended up having to richen up the pilot circuit by 2 turns and was unable to sufficently richen up the mains (still had a slight lean surge with the screw turned full rich; will go up 2 sizes on mains tonight). Bike is pulling great and will only get better as the main circuit gets set properly.
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Custard Crunple ticked over 47k today on the way home...Despite all the abuse...Not bad for a yella one... :lol:

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MacV2 wrote:Custard Crunple ticked over 47k today on the way home...Despite all the abuse...Not bad for a yella one... :lol:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renovo-Plasti ... SwTA9X851N

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Mac, if the yellow one is custard crumble , is the red one called raspberry ripple?

Or was that what Kev called you :lol:
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Wicky wrote:
MacV2 wrote:Custard Crunple ticked over 47k today on the way home...Despite all the abuse...Not bad for a yella one... :lol:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renovo-Plasti ... SwTA9X851N

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AMCQ46 wrote:Mac, if the yellow one is custard crumble , is the red one called raspberry ripple?

Or was that what Kev called you :lol:
No Al thats Nue Red & you know that already...

Your just trying to get Kev in trouble...

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sorted the Sat Nav wiring, it looked horrid, Fitted the Camera and fitted a rather nice Puig Hugger.

Ferry is booked for France and the Hotels are all booked too. Were off Sunday.

Taxed and insured the new Car. All,s looking peachy. Oh got some euro,s
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bigtwinthing wrote:sorted the Sat Nav wiring, it looked horrid, Fitted the Camera and fitted a rather nice Puig Hugger.

Ferry is booked for France and the Hotels are all booked too. Were off Sunday.

Taxed and insured the new Car. All,s looking peachy. Oh got some euro,s
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MacV2 wrote:Custard Crunple ticked over 47k today on the way home...Despite all the abuse...Not bad for a yella one... :lol:

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Anything major gone wrong during that 47k Mac?

....out of curiosity, whose bike here has done the most miles on the original engine?
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podman wrote:
MacV2 wrote:Custard Crunple ticked over 47k today on the way home...Despite all the abuse...Not bad for a yella one... :lol:

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Anything major gone wrong during that 47k Mac?

....out of curiosity, whose bike here has done the most miles on the original engine?
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I'm thinking that Mike in the States had the most miles on the original engine, over 100k until something went pop.
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IIRC Jonesey is on about 80,000+ and I'm on 65,000 going on strong
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podman wrote:[
....out of curiosity, whose bike here has done the most miles on the original engine?
yup, I think Mike had 100k miles.

I don't even know what mileage mine is on as I always have the trip meter showing so I know when I need to look for a petrol station :lol:
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