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Informative, detailed and well written. Well done, you should be proud of that. Well said that man :thumbup: A lovely read made even better with the photo's :clap: Thanks for posting Micky 8) Chris. Most welcome sir :) P.S. I just got in from my first real ride of the season (@ 160 miles) and the b...

Emptied out the old (storage) gas, put fresh in, fired it up and went for my first (albeit short) ride of the year... Love my bike!!!!

Part 2 is now up: https://www.motorcycle.com/readers-ride ... art-2.html

enjoy gents

I quite like the FTR1200

Nice little fleet you got there. Congrats on the latest project!

P.S. I am not a Harley guy by any stretch of the imagination but have always been a fan of the V-Rod engine (best sounding bike engine around IMO); shame they never put it in a XR1200-type model

Thanks Chris, it's essentially been 19 years of modding and experimenting. FWIW, part 2 is better

what a brilliant read mikey :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: love that airbox setup,,, and i seem to rem having a spare K&N in the cave :lol: :lol: :lol: worth a try i suppose during lockdown. roll on part two :thumbup: If you lift the tank slightly (about 3-4 mm at back and about 8-9 at front) yo...

yep: wheels, frame, suspension, brakes, weight removal, ergonomics... all in part 2. Am told it will be up next week

Made an LED day riding light to replace the measly 5w bulb above the headlight. Ordered some "Ultra Bright" 5mm LEDS and rummaged through my electronics bins for the other bits. I managed to squeeze 21 of these little Supernovae onto the board and fitted it in the original lamp housing. R...

he he... Part 2 on the way next week.

Hope you enjoy!

thanks

Part 1 of a write-up I prepared about the long and "dynamic" relationship with my beloved VTR is now online at motorcycle.com. Here is the link to Part 1: https://www.motorcycle.com/readers-ride ... art-1.html 

(Much) more to come

cheers

fabiostar wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 8:01 pm bought it
washed it
serviced it
changed bits on it
today has been a good biking day. job done, nothing to see hear now move along.

One of the finer examples I have seen to be honest, very nice!

Nice!!!

tony.mon wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:45 pm Have a look on the SP forum, they often mod the LH rad with a fan which would suit this application.
SPAL, I think, but don't know what model.

I am running a SPAL "pusher" 5.2" and it works very well (same as what the SP guys are running IIRC)