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Bit of tinkering in the Daytona. Fitted the heat reflector matting to inside of the fairings and fixed (hopefully) the oil leak from the stator case. Removed Tankslap stickers from it (I don't want any future owner tracking me down!) and removed the battery tender leads.

Might be its last night in my garage!

Multi incoming?

Woo Hoo, new bike day!

Booked the 999 into Louigi Moto for next week:

Full service
Quick action throttle
slipper clutch is till grabbing
While im there will see if I can sort out some dyno work for it.

got the fork seals and bushes done on the zx10 :-) lets see if it handles any better

Wondered when summer passed us by. Cold and wet this evening riding home.

Kwacky wrote:Wondered when summer passed us by........

Day before yesterday, actually mate. The days are now getting shorter, & the nights are drawing in.
So winter is indeed on it's way.
Hth.

duke63 wrote:Multi incoming?

Today will see

Rode it nearly 100 km's to a bike shop. Doesn't look like I'll be riding it back

Had a race through the traffic with a courier and I won. That's the same as beating a racer on the track. In my mind anyway.

Then rode home through one of the country road routes. Although it was raining I really enjoyed the ride. Those Z8s are better in the wet than I gave them credit for. There's something very rewarding about riding quickly in those sort of conditions. I guess it's all down to confidence.

Adjusted the levers and gear lever. I think a gorilla owned it before me! The only job outstanding on it is rego change and battery for the key.

And maybe an Ohlins SCU...

And maybe a termi....

Came off the motorway and up the slip road towards the lights, which were on red. Filtered sweetly between both lanes and got to the front just as the lights changed







then I stalled it

Very long day today, so been in the man cave all night since I got back, replacing the pads on the S1 and the gixer.

They were not great, I think both will stop pretty well now lol....the suzuki's pads were shocking, I think I left the, way too long! Doh!

Took Jess for a little taster ride, just on 100km with a lunch stop. Gave her my winter textiles to wear and I tried to jam a jumper on under my very form fitting track leathers. So she was toasty and I froze my arse off temps were 7-12 deg C and no heated grips in summer gloves (Jess was in my winter gloves too). Took it pretty easy so not to scare her first up and she seemed to enjoy it. Was the first time I've taken a pillion for about 20 yrs and still getting used to the bike but I was pretty impressed with how stable it was. Had some strong winds at one stage but it barely bothered the Multi.

So now we know she doesn't hate it, need to go kit her out in her own stuff and get me some leathers more suited to the road.

Put the top box and panniers on the Multi, Riding up to the North East later to see family and have some beers with my brothers !!

taxed and insured it , insurance quoted me over £300 on the phone, said no thanks and did it online (same company) got it for £112 .

£112 is cheap.. I paid £314 for my ZX6R

Someone once told me that the only positive of getting old is cheap insurance

The futures bright the futures Grey

Embrace the Grey