Will you be able to keep the rust at bay for that long?....Pete.L wrote:Now all I have to do is find time to ride it and get the front done
Probably sometime after I recover from Ian's carpet!!!
Plans for the winter?
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Re: Plans for the winter?
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I squandered" (George Best, RIP)
Re: Plans for the winter?
very nicePete.L wrote:
Stage one complete. Rear shocker fitted. Now all I have to do is find time to ride it and get the front done
Probably sometime after I recover from Ian's carpet!!!
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Re: Plans for the winter?
Too lateKermitLeFrog wrote:Will you be able to keep the rust at bay for that long?....Pete.L wrote:Now all I have to do is find time to ride it and get the front done
Probably sometime after I recover from Ian's carpet!!!
Well it is a Suzuki LOL
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Re: Plans for the winter?
Carpet burns?Pete.L wrote: Probably sometime after I recover from Ian's carpet!!!
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Ooo err. What have you two been doing?
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Re: Plans for the winter?
Shhh! Don't let everyone know I'm easy ......
Well, not as easy as some!
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Re: Plans for the winter?
A little one in front and a skinny one from behind. And Stuart preparing himself. What more could you want?
And Phil looking bemused.... (nothing different there)
And Phil looking bemused.... (nothing different there)
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Re: Plans for the winter?
Al looks very gay in that picture ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Re: Plans for the winter?
cybercarl wrote:Al looks very gay in that picture
lmfao. briliant picture that
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the older i get,the faster i was ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Re: Plans for the winter?
Let's see... apart from snowmobiling (
).... my bike plans are:
- remove carbs and replace butterfly screws with low-profile units (minor gain to be sure, but hey, it all adds up)
- make a new airbox lid with larger filter area (currently using, with great success, a K&N filter from a late-model Trophy 1200; will now try with the filter element from a K&N for VTR - 50% greater filter area)
- add heat reflective wrap to carbs (fuel bowls, carb body where accessible to do so) and airbox lower - heat is the enemy of intake air density (again, minor gains... but, see above)
come spring time:
- replace tires (or should I say, tyres
)
- have valves adjusted and get intake cams (currently Mori Stage 1 exhaust cams) replaced with Yoshimura Stage 1 units (practically same duration, 6% more lift).....
summer plans:
ride!!!!!!!!!!!! (and walk around with a goofy bike-induced smile)
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- remove carbs and replace butterfly screws with low-profile units (minor gain to be sure, but hey, it all adds up)
- make a new airbox lid with larger filter area (currently using, with great success, a K&N filter from a late-model Trophy 1200; will now try with the filter element from a K&N for VTR - 50% greater filter area)
- add heat reflective wrap to carbs (fuel bowls, carb body where accessible to do so) and airbox lower - heat is the enemy of intake air density (again, minor gains... but, see above)
come spring time:
- replace tires (or should I say, tyres
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- have valves adjusted and get intake cams (currently Mori Stage 1 exhaust cams) replaced with Yoshimura Stage 1 units (practically same duration, 6% more lift).....
summer plans:
ride!!!!!!!!!!!! (and walk around with a goofy bike-induced smile)
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Re: Plans for the winter?
I plan a trip by train to Mold magistrate's court, followed by a winter in a nice warm train all the way to work.
Funnily enough, there is a pub close to both the local station and the work end one, so I may not notice the journey very much in either direction.
Unless I get a year's ban, in which case I shall also sulk,for six months, and may possibly find time to clean a bike, maybe even both if I get bored.
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Funnily enough, there is a pub close to both the local station and the work end one, so I may not notice the journey very much in either direction.
Unless I get a year's ban, in which case I shall also sulk,for six months, and may possibly find time to clean a bike, maybe even both if I get bored.
There's always a silver lining
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It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Re: Plans for the winter?
shite news tony, I hope you don't get a ban, unless you want a small ban to return to zero points, then I hope you do get a ban....tony.mon wrote:I plan a trip by train to Mold magistrate's court, followed by a winter in a nice warm train all the way to work.
Funnily enough, there is a pub close to both the local station and the work end one, so I may not notice the journey very much in either direction.
Unless I get a year's ban, in which case I shall also sulk,for six months, and may possibly find time to clean a bike, maybe even both if I get bored.
There's always a silver lining
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Re: Plans for the winter?
I've already told you...you can get the court hearing moved to somewhere more local...Seriously you should get a brief on the case.tony.mon wrote:I plan a trip by train to Mold magistrate's court, followed by a winter in a nice warm train all the way to work.
Funnily enough, there is a pub close to both the local station and the work end one, so I may not notice the journey very much in either direction.
Unless I get a year's ban, in which case I shall also sulk,for six months, and may possibly find time to clean a bike, maybe even both if I get bored.
There's always a silver lining
See here...http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 80#p431732
Making up since 2007, sometimes it's true...Honest...
Re: Plans for the winter?
Ap's correct- I can sacrifice a winter's riding to get back to a clean sheet.MacV2 wrote:I've already told you...you can get the court hearing moved to somewhere more local...Seriously you should get a brief on the case.tony.mon wrote:I plan a trip by train to Mold magistrate's court, followed by a winter in a nice warm train all the way to work.
Funnily enough, there is a pub close to both the local station and the work end one, so I may not notice the journey very much in either direction.
Unless I get a year's ban, in which case I shall also sulk,for six months, and may possibly find time to clean a bike, maybe even both if I get bored.
There's always a silver lining
See here...http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 80#p431732
And if they double my insurance, so what?
It's cheap because I'm old.
Old enough to have cheap insurance, and to remember when a pad change referred to brakes.....
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
Re: Plans for the winter?
Need to fit cbr 600 brakes
And fix a leak in the left fork leg
And fix a leak in the left fork leg
told you not to but oh no you knew better