What did you do to your bike today ??

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Bratty, did you order before 5?
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Kwacky wrote:Bratty, did you order before 5?
Yes mate I ordered about 12ish
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Walked over to it and admired it then fixed my car. The exhaust silencer bracket had rusted and broke bought a replacement and fitted it :-)
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Washed the West Country muck off my Mutley.
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My battery has just turned up (facepalm)
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At least you were in I suppose.... :(
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I put some ACF50 on the bike last night.

My smoking headers made a few people stare when I pulled up at the lights :D
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Kwacky wrote:I put some ACF50 on the bike last night.

My smoking headers made a few people stare when I pulled up at the lights :D
Be great if you could leave a smoke trail whilst on the bike. Ala red arrows :D
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Left in the garage with a flat battery, luckily the wife has a meeting in town so we drove in together, hopefully fit new battery tonight so can use the bike tomorrow.
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Went out for a spin last night as i haven't ridden in the dark for quite a while, also a good chance to see how good the LED headlights are on the multi..wow i thought the LED lights on the fannygale were good but these are brilliant honestly better than the lights on my car.
I also moved the power lead for the optimate charger so that it is easier to connect the heated vest, wimpish i know but i was toasty warm (y)
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Last night the M40 was blocked due to a car on fire. I've never seen a car torch like that, the flames were about 10 feet high. Good job I was on the bike otherwise I would have been stuck for an hour or more.
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Fitted my new battery last night all sorted.
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My replacement carbon cush drive cover arrived today, so will fit it.
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I ordered some bits for looking after the bike. The SDoc Chain cleaner, ACF50 and clear protective tape have all arrived. I'm going to give it a proper spring clean when I'm back from holiday.
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I read the link someone put up about ACF50. Think I will start using that from now on rather than FS365. It sounds more superior. I acutally have an airbrush and compressor, so think a tin of it would be really easy to apply in all the knucks and crannies.

I had teh protective film Triumph supply fitted straight away during the bikes PDI. It's only on the tank, but figured it best to put it on before any paint wears.
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The paint on the zx6r is really thin. I'm tempted to get it all polished up and laquered.
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That's why I put those thigh bits on. I couldn't afford the cut to shape stuff, but didn't want to wear the tank paint out. I figured they would protect it until I could afford the ventureshield stuff, and that they are better than nothing.
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Kwacky wrote:Last night the M40 was blocked due to a car on fire. I've never seen a car torch like that, the flames were about 10 feet high. Good job I was on the bike otherwise I would have been stuck for an hour or more.
Did you get stuck in the M6 carnage on Tuesday Kwacky ?

I had to be in Northampton for 9'ish and ended up on the M42, through south Brum and on the A45/M45 and got to Northampton nearly 2 hours later
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I was on the M6 that morning but I saw the overhead sign saying J3-J2 was closed so I came off at the A446 turn off and went down the A45.

Some people were on there for a few hours.
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fitted a smaller bar end mirror so i dont keep hitting cars when commuting :)
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