Today's tinkering was to tidy up the bushings as they were a little too rough and ready. they were over size so got marked and filed down for a proper fit. Then they got cleaned with Isopropanol alcohol and sprayed matt black. https://i.imgur.com/5hCWzzz.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1t1HeFo.jpg https://i...

Lots of parts prices have gone stupid.
I was listening to a podcast last night and they were saying how a race kit ECU and wiring loom for a fireblade was £1200 in 2019, £5200 now

A faceache marketplace purchase, an exhaust for the GS

We agreed on £250+ post which I thought was a fair price, then I looked up how much these are new, you don't get much change from £900

Happy Birthday Monty

The bars are already powder coated so I am thinking about sending the bushings and clamps out for powder coating as well. The clamps are stainless. I might just get some satin black direct to metal paint and DIY it. In other news I was sleep deprived this morning and bought an exhaust on facebook ma...

Been out in the cage delivering a set of panniers I sold on ebay.

Today was a tinker day since it was raining, the headlight guard arrived so I fitted that and then set to making the bushings for the fog light mounts. https://i.imgur.com/eIsMvTS.mp4 I like the Amber filter but it's removable if I want to go back to a white middle DRL. I got a great deal on a full ...

Speaking of practical, the BMW combined tail light/stop/indicators are causing confusion already after 1 ride with friends. When I brake the indicator is surrounded by brake light and hides... Good job BMW. There is a pair of combined lights that I could buy which turn off all the red on the side wh...

Day 1 of tinkering and I'm trying to remember not to hang more farkles off it than a Christmas tree. So far Evotech radiator guards Mudslinger front and rear fender extender's Speedo Angels screen protector in anti glare Hybrid top box rack, GIVI base plate with Chinese universal mounting bracket fo...

So far it's just blowing my mind, trying to behave and keep it below 5k I've still had a couple of baby power wheelies and was not going past half throttle. The biggest thing is how readily it turns, it is on the Michelin Anakee Adventure tyres, reading up on them they're almost a road 5 with a slig...

Happy Birthday

Yeah... I did a thing https://i.imgur.com/MUMyEqn.jpeg It's a new Triple Black TE and 70 miles in I don't regret it at all. I did have a S1000xr as a loan bike for a couple of days but it just reinforced that I don't get on with inline 4 bikes... Amazing as it is and blisteringly fast above 6k I pre...

More YouTube
The Fat Electrician telling the story of Jake "McNasty" McNiece, his unit inspired the film The Dirty Dozen

https://youtu.be/ucJDzgc8_cI

Been to J&S to try on some helmets as my Shoei is 4 1/2 years old now, Scorpions seem to have a very similar fit to Shoei so I'm looking at the Exo tech evo flip front helmets, they have the newest EC safety standard approval and are about half the cost of a replacement GT-Air 2. Also have to go...

Just having a quiet day after waking up with a pretty decent migraine, had to miss a ride with some friends so just being a hermit.

I'm looking forward to giving it a go, but I do tend towards a torque laden engine rather than a high revving one... The only 4 cylinder bike I truly miss is the MT-10 even though it was a thirsty beast it had the low down grunt and the high end power when you wanted it. If I get room for 2 bikes in...

Today I woke up entirely too early for a night shift monkey and ended up arranging to borrow a S1000xr next week, I won't have too long with it but hopefully the weather will be cooperative next Tuesday

Happy Birthday Duke

Not now I've had a shave