What did you do to your bike today ??

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Post by Kwacky »

Top man.

I asked on a racing forum about a set of mirrors and a sidestand for my zx6r. I was after some spares. Someone said I could have them for £100.

Oh how I laughed.
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Post by C00kiemonster »

Blade wrote:Bought a sigma slipper clutch.

Now just need to find time to fit it and then find time to actually ride the dam thing.


Oooooh..... Lovely things and very well built. Can you use your existing plates on it? I assume it's for the blade?

Me want!
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Post by Bratty »

Hugger looks very nice but I think the fitting will be different to the one that's on now ? So I may leave the fitting till Wednesday when I'm off and have more time, would like to do it Sunday but it'll be close to 4am when I get home (facepalm) and with it being Mother's Day I'll have a bit of visiting to do in the afternoon.
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Mine needs a good clean. I saw this morning just how much crap is on the bike from commuting. I need Spudda Services.
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Rode to work and looked at my front tire and thought hmmm that's looking a bit bald I should probably get a new one, money I don't really have atm with the wedding in a few weeks, plus I hate scrubbing in new tyres, spend ages with massive chickenstrips until I'm confident enough to start leaning it into corners properly lol
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Kwacky wrote:Mine needs a good clean. I saw this morning just how much crap is on the bike from commuting. I need Spudda Services.
They have been gritting roads again this week. Car is covered in the white salty crap.
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Finished work at 1245.

It's 2.5 miles home.

Got in at 1445.


Took the bike on a little circuit around Norfolk to bed the tyres in a little more. That's between 150 to 200 miles so they should be fine now. Well, the middle of them will be! (blush)

Anyhoo, had a nice ride, semi-sedate during the first half, then filled up the tank, had a choccy bar and a red bull, then flipped the switch into straight line hooligan mode. Queues of cars stuck behind a low-loader? No problems.

Fiesta right up my chuff in a 30 zone? The national speed limit sign, or as I see it, the warp speed now Mr Sulu sign will remedy that!

Even the bike told me to slow down. Still, at least I know the rev-limiter works...



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Nice.

I've manged to get my warning light blink in the first 4 gears. Not tried 5th yet.
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I thought it was supposed to be dry today? I got soaked. Water running into my gloves and boots wet.

On the plus side I'm reminded just how brilliant those M5s are in the wet.
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I got feckng proper wet on the way home fecking weather.
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Bike is filthy. So gonna go round my old man's to clean it. Also gonna fit the new levers and foot pegs to my dad's bike from where he fell off. And damaged them. Then gonna fit some new exhausts. Nothing special. Will take a pic.
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Ha ha mine is really dirty!! I think I will go out for a quick blat this morning and have a cleaning session later. I need to do some work on the Beemer as well later. So today will consist of biking activities.
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Left home about half 9 this morning, got back at 2, pit in about 150 odd miles, good fun now to wash her as she is filthy
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Post by bb41 »

Actually got mine out and cleaned her today, then took her for a bimble in the sun

Potholes the size of alien space ship landing pads everywhere . Had to wait whilst one guy in a warrior stopped and had road rage at a cycle road hog.
Thought it might descend into fisty cuffs.

Must book my bike in for the recall on the brake master cylinder, breaks feeling a tad spongy
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Well I was going to give the bike a really good scrub, but I can't find the right attachments for my paddock stand. It's got the cups on it from when Perky borrowed it, but I don't find those very secure for my bike on the swingarm.

Guess I'll have to keep looking.
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I used to use the cups on the daytona. seemed ok.

Gave mine a good clean and fitted some black versions of the standard exhausts to match the black heat shields it already came with.
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The daytona was fine on cups but the zx6r has a curved swingarm.
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Post by D6Nutz »

Nothing apart from watching other guys going out for a blast with envy.

Damn tyres.

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Kwacky wrote:The daytona was fine on cups but the zx6r has a curved swingarm.

I used it on the Kwack too. if you fit it right below the nut it is flat.... I'll try find a pic.
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Took the 748 out for the afternoon. Round Sutton Maddock, out to Newport and home.

The new Pirelli Rosso Corsas are now properly scrubbed in and work really well on the bike. Quicker steering and more linear turn than the Dunlops.

Forgotten just how good that bike is to ride on a warm sunny afternoon.
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