What did you do to your bike today ??

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He was a grade A twot.
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Kwacky wrote:Had a chat with a white van man at a set of lights. He was jealous I hadn't sat in the two mile tailback like him and the other cagers. Fair play to him, he wasn't being an arse.

I love it when it annoys people. They don't understand the other stuff we do have to put up with though (weather, dangers etc)
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had a great track day at oulton on it :)
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Nice one. Any photos?
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Just tried out the gear linkage support ,it's made a subtle difference quite nice actually
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Kwacky wrote:Nice one. Any photos?
unfortunately i didnt take my personal cameraman (snappy jack) with me today :-(
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I gave it a good clean and lubed the chain and left it in the trickle charge while I was away but thought I'd take it for a quick blast and get some air in the tyres as the sun was shining, got to the garage 5 mins away and the fecking heavens opened up and I got fecking soaked.
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Ordered it some new R&G cotton reels for the swinging arm as I still have the stainless steel ones on from before my off so they are ground down on 1 side so felt it was about time to sort it lol roll on the weekend, new bike parts and bike cam all due for delivery on Friday Woooo
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Ordered some brake fluid and a brake fluid reservoir
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Post by Frankie »

Thanks to Dnutz and his assortment of tools for the job, I managed to get the chain off and replaced. I have to say I will be investing in a dremel, perfect for getting an old chain off, felt like a right hero with sparks flying off all over the garage ha ha.

Managed a short 70 mile trip out into the country to make sure it all holds together... man the bike pulls like a train now... If I had been pulled tonight they would have thrown away the key...ha ha

Cheers Jon :) (y)
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Your welcome mate. Glad you got the bike sorted.

Everyone should have a dremel, fantastic tool.
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Oil + filter change and a reasonably quick hour or two round the leicestershire lanes in the sunshine - lovely
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Nice. The weather looks good out there. I'm jealous.
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In work for 8 this morning so hopefully gonna leave early and take the long way home.
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Rode into work, wishing I had the day off as it looks like it's going to be a nice summer's day.
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bimbled and burbled into to work,my rear brake needs beeding its soft and spongy
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Rode to work with my Cam for the 1st time, had a quick look at the footage, obviously just a boring commute but looks pretty good, looking forward to seeing it on a big screen, cheers for the advice of putting it on the fairing mate, looks good, wanna try and mount it on the tank at some point for a different view but will keep experimenting,
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I can't mount mine on the tank as I've got a black screen so you can't see anything.
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Ive got a clear screen but a massive dip in the tank so doesnt sit too well, found a good spot but im worried when I tuck in my helmet will catch it so need to check it all out when I get home later, maybe look at mounting to my helmet, Im just a bit sceptical as I have 2 helmets I switch between So I dont wanna be limited to which one I use
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Post by Itchy »

Finished work early so took it for a bimble. Good.

Lots of Friday traffic. Bad.

Beautiful weather. Good.

Coast Road was bumpy, gravelly and covered in sploshings of diesel. For frickin miles. Bad.

Stopped bimble mode and attacked the last 25 minutes home. Frickin awesome!
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