What did you do to your bike today ??

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duke63 wrote:Cleaned all the dead flies off the Mutley, fitted the Rizoma brake and clutch fluid caps and oiled the chain.

Was tempted to join the rideout tomorrow but I have been so tired these last few weeks i really don't want to be getting up early on a day off.
Come on Duke. The forecast has changed for the better and it might be the only good day for a while. Would be great if you could make and its not that early departing Buxton at 1030 you could set out at 0930.

You won't be on your own being tied either I have seriously had a total of 15 hours sleep at the most since Wednesday.
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Come on out for a couple of hours.
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I'll see how i feel in the morning. Would like to be there but I am not setting the alarm to make sure i am there.
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I'll ring you at 7am Duke (happy)
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After two weeks solid of being up and about before 6am i suspect i will be awake anyway. :D
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Gave it a quick wash.

Realised that I never took any pictures of my handiwork with the decals or tail tidy, so I got the camera out.

Here's the bike before...
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Note the MASSIVE tail tidy! :?

And here's the aftermath...
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This one shows off Pitty's vinyls on the screen. It means Amanojaku, and for your comfort I cut and pasted this description from Wikipedia...

Amanojaku, or Amanjaku (天邪鬼?, "heavenly evil spirit") is a demon-like creature in Japanese folklore. It is usually depicted as a kind of small oni, and is thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires and thus instigate him into perpetrating wicked deeds.

Sounds like my bike!

The rest of the sticker work is courtesy of Motografix. I really like the look of them, IMO it sharpens up the lines of the bike without over-saturating it as full colour would. Obviously that's my opinion, but as it's my bike, I can live quite happily with my opinion! (raaar)
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And finally, the tail tidy...
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Looking good Itchy 8)
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Look crackin (y)

Lovin the decals (h)
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Very nice i hope the decals are that eye popping in real life as they look good in the photos
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Different. It's very green. I need to see it in the flesh.

Where's your tankslap decals? (devil)

I do like those cans and the tailtidy was a must
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duke63 wrote:After two weeks solid of being up and about before 6am i suspect i will be awake anyway. :D
Your going soft Duke :) ;) you want to try working nights mate. Latest I stayed in bed for a fortnight was 3pm which is like getting up for 3 am every single day including weekends. Some days I was awake at 11am after going to bed at 9am. I'm going to ring you at 4am now I know you have been having so many lie in's (giggle)
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I have one word for that Itchy; Tron ;)

Looking very distinctive mate. Does that say "please pass carefully" in Japanese on the nose cowl.? (giggle)
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rocket wrote:Very nice i hope the decals are that eye popping in real life as they look good in the photos
Ah, I must confess, I may have added a slight filter in Lightroom just to give the pics a bit more bite. (blush)
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Kwacky wrote:Different. It's very green. I need to see it in the flesh.

Where's your tankslap decals? (devil)

I do like those cans and the tailtidy was a must
When you see it, see if you can see the mistake I made. (facepalm)

The Tankslap decals are hiding in my house somewhere, but I'm toying with the idea of putting them on the rear hugger.
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Looking sharp,nice job
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Very nice Itchy.
I get knocked down but i get up again.
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raced it round cadwell park (and yesterday) with ThundersportGB. :)
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Tricky wrote:raced it round cadwell park (and yesterday) with ThundersportGB. :)
Were you pleased with how you got on Tricky?
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StMarks wrote:
Tricky wrote:raced it round cadwell park (and yesterday) with ThundersportGB. :)
Were you pleased with how you got on Tricky?
i was pal, but you always want to be better/faster, lol. beat my personal best by 4 seconds, didnt crash, weather was fantastic, and a general great time with family, and friends new and old.
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Nice one tricky
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