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Not today but yesterday. I washed the bike in the rain (was relentless did not stop raining all day! But I had to wash it as for 2 weeks it's been under the cover with mud all on it so 100 x better now!

Ordered a replacement clutch lever.

Nipped into B&Q and bought a nice little JCB foldaway allen key set. My mirror had become loose following yesterday's dive so I needed to tighten the screw. The set is small so I'll see if I can find room for it under the rear seat hump next to the puncture kit.

Look Awesome Itchy, just when I was trying to convince myself I dont want a zthou lol, If I had the cash I would swap mine for one of them in a heartbeat

Tricky wrote:.. beat my personal best by 4 seconds, ....

PB – 4 = utterly awesome day mate. Well done.!

( just think, my PB –4 seconds would take me under 3 minutes round Cadwell )

Fitted aftermarket longer brake and clutch levers and ses rear sets

Went to see my mate who has and engineering shop. Used his workshop to shorten my throttle cables for my quick action throttle. Fitted it to the bike a quick 5 min blast and its all good :-) a little bit of tidying up tomorrow so the bar end fits.

Is the fuelling ok now?

Kwacky wrote:Is the fuelling ok now?

Don't think so it worked ok but was only a quick run , I checked the terminals on the battery and had a quick look round for loose connections and saw nothing.

Next step is to drain the tank and have a look at the fuel pump / filter

Its not the side stand switch is it?

Kwacky wrote:Its not the side stand switch is it?

Dont think so the light would flash on the dash i have one coming anyway so i can discount that soon

Picked my way through the traffic as the rain continued to fall.

This month seems to have been very wet, even for May.

fitted my new rearsets

they look nice

Got soaked again. This rain is something else.

Ordered a lever guard. I've ordered the one to see what they're like in terms of quality. They get good reviews but it's worrth seeing for yourself. I'll post photos when it arrives. It's from a British company Parkitt Racing who know their stuff http://parkittracing.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Kwacky wrote:Got soaked again. This rain is something else.

Ordered a lever guard. I've ordered the one to see what they're like in terms of quality. They get good reviews but it's worrth seeing for yourself. I'll post photos when it arrives. It's from a British company Parkitt Racing who know their stuff http://parkittracing.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We had it constantly last week. It's shocking.

This years 675 fest hammered down.... Wind and rain very nasty and very scary. Feet totally pruned....bloody boots!!
Boots now binned and bought some new short ones, lovely (waterproof) yet to test out though.

It was a bit of a drizzle on the way in but dry on my commute home at 7pm.

Frankie, which boots did you go for?

Frankie wrote:This years 675 fest hammered down.... Wind and rain very nasty and very scary. Feet totally pruned....bloody boots!!
Boots now binned and bought some new short ones, lovely (waterproof) yet to test out though.

When i took my 748 for MOT the other week, i didn't get all dressed up in full gear. Just jacket, boots, jeans and gloves. Felt very liberating and went for a blast afterwards just before it started raining.

With so much decent kit these days, most of it offering decent protection but with also being quite practical off the bike, i can see the appeal of short boots, gloves, jeans etc. Not saying i would wear it on a full days ride but starting to look at one or two of these sort of things.

Ive just ridden to work in Jacket, Gloves, Kevlar Jeans and Astars riding shoes which are brilliant, this is my normal commuting clobber as it mesns no changing when I get to the office and its only a 20 minute trip, none on motorways, so I take my chances. I love my draggin jeans and astars shoes, they are called the joey I beleive, they are waterproof and look just like normal trainers but have armour around the ankle and are abrasion resistant, for em they are a good trade off, I know im not as protected as in my full kit but like I said, im comfy and safer than just normal trainers and shoes