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    #5642
    IrishGrimReaper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭IrishGrimReaper


    Just a style change, suits the bike much better imo.
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    #5643
    Sonics2k
    Registered Users Posts: 8,239 ✭✭✭Sonics2k


    Ordered a set of these and they just arrived. I can't for the life of me figure out how they go on, and I swear they're not long enough to fit on properly.


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    #5644
    IrishGrimReaper
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭IrishGrimReaper


    What bike is it? They look like they go under the naked bike type mirrors.

    Seems like for the naked version of my bike you'd take off the mirror and screw it down on the bracket.
    https://img-webike-370429.c.cdn77.org/moto_img/cg/6/5192/L_cbf600_2005.jpg


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    #5645
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Looks to me like the pivot pin for the brake and clutch levers goes through the little hole in the T bracket.


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    #5646
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Reaper I'd get a 'dope rope' on that disc lock before you come a cropper. You'll get one online or from any bike shop for a few quid and it'll potentially save you a fortune!.


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    #5647
    LLewellen Farquarson
    Registered Users Posts: 410 ✭✭LLewellen Farquarson


    Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »
    Reaper I'd get a 'dope rope' on that disc lock before you come a cropper. You'll get one online or from any bike shop for a few quid and it'll potentially save you a fortune!.
    I second that DAMHIK


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    #5648
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,860 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »
    Reaper I'd get a 'dope rope' on that disc lock before you come a cropper. You'll get one online or from any bike shop for a few quid and it'll potentially save you a fortune!.


    Sure they're for oul lads. ;)


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    #5649
    Blondie919
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭Blondie919


    listermint wrote: »
    Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »
    Reaper I'd get a 'dope rope' on that disc lock before you come a cropper. You'll get one online or from any bike shop for a few quid and it'll potentially save you a fortune!.


    Sure they're for oul lads. ;)

    Dopiness covers all ages!


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    #5650
    LLewellen Farquarson
    Registered Users Posts: 410 ✭✭LLewellen Farquarson


    listermint wrote: »
    Sure they're for oul lads. ;)
    I resemble that remark!


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    #5651
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    listermint wrote: »
    Sure they're for oul lads. ;)

    They're a no brainer but most people (including me) only buy one after falling off a locked bike once or twice.


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    #5652
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,860 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »
    They're a no brainer but most people (including me) only buy one after falling off a locked bike once or twice.

    Ya.

    Oul lads ;)


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    #5653
    ayux4rj6zql2ph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    Contemplating a new lid.

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    One of the 2 of them.


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    #5654
    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,860 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    You get rid of the DL?


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    #5655
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,142 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Wasn't Schumacher a 'cager'? :) Shame on you.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #5656
    ayux4rj6zql2ph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    listermint wrote: »
    You get rid of the DL?
    God no, that would be silly at this stage :D
    Esel wrote: »
    Wasn't Schumacher a 'cager'? :) Shane on you.

    Schumacher was a god :)


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    #5657
    ayux4rj6zql2ph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Ordered my first bike yesterday. Big thanks to everybody in here for all the help. Will post photos when I get it

    Did you do the IBT? How did you find it?


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    #5658
    allybhoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭allybhoy


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Yeah did the IBT with LookBehindYou, I think its a great idea. I wasn't completely green but I can imagine if you are its vital to go through it.

    Congrats, im in the same boat myself, just completed the IBT this week and am in the process of looking for a bike. Mind me asking what bike you went with as a first time bike? Im looking at a Ninja EX 300 or something similar.


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    #5659
    ayux4rj6zql2ph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Yeah did the IBT with LookBehindYou, I think its a great idea. I wasn't completely green but I can imagine if you are its vital to go through it.

    I'm the same, definitely a worthwhile course. What engine size did you go for in the end? did you stick with the 125 idea?


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    #5660
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    Esel wrote: »
    Wasn't Schumacher a 'cager'? :) Shame on you.


    Bit of an all rounder old Mick.;)




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    #5661
    horse7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭horse7


    Has anyone used Leinster driving campus to learn some riding skills, want a refresher as I am planning to return to biking after a few years.


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    #5662
    ayux4rj6zql2ph
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭ayux4rj6zql2ph


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Stuck with the 125, insurance was proving a problem larger bikes. And its not going to be used for much so I dont mind the smaller engine. I drove a 125 and a 650 and the 125 was quicker than I expected.

    I'm amazed at the issue with the larger bikes, the only one i had an iissue with was the CBR 600F at the time. If the usage isn't going to be much then the 125 is probably a better option. I haven't even put up 1000 miles on my own bikes combined since last July when i bought the DL.


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    #5663
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,282 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Addisyn Screeching Sickbed wrote: »
    I haven't even put up 1000 miles on my own bikes combined since last July when i bought the DL.

    My 6th day in a row out on the bike today.
    Can't remember when was the last time I did that.
    Even on Sunday I was justing popping to the shop and there was a gang of Polish lads meeting there and going for a spin so I ended up going with them.
    The new tyres I fitted on Monday have transformed the ZZR and anything around 180mph, I don't have to wrestle to keep control!!:D :pac:


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    #5664
    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    blade1 wrote: »
    The new tyres I fitted on Monday have transformed the ZZR and anything around 180mph, I don't have to wrestle to keep control!!:D :pac:

    On a track , yeah ? ;)


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    #5665
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,282 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    D3V!L wrote: »
    On a track , yeah ? ;)

    Fùck that!
    Straight through town...past the cop shop....wife beaters,combat shorts and sandals on!
    Sun is out shur!!! :pac:


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    #5666
    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,936 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    blade1 wrote: »
    Fùck that!
    Straight through town...past the cop shop....wife beaters,combats and sandals on!
    Sun is out shur!!! :pac:

    It's rude not to :D

    It's not like they can catch you.


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    #5667
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,282 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    D3V!L wrote: »

    It's not like they can catch you.

    From the quick glimpse I catch of them, it's looks like nods of approval they are giving me!:D


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    #5668
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Stuck with the 125, insurance was proving a problem larger bikes. And its not going to be used for much so I dont mind the smaller engine. I drove a 125 and a 650 and the 125 was quicker than I expected.

    You can have great craic on a 125.

    I honed my skills (or so I thought at the time) back in the last 80's an a Yamaha RD125YPVS.. I thought I was Barry fucking Sheen on it.

    The craic I had on that bike. I rode it all over Ireland & to the UK, even carried a pillion for most of those trips!.

    Best of luck with it.


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    #5669
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Paityn Acidic Rattan wrote: »
    You can have great craic on a 125.

    I honed my skills (or so I thought at the time) back in the last 80's an a Yamaha RD125YPVS.. I thought I was Barry fucking Sheen on it.

    The craic I had on that bike. I rode it all over Ireland & to the UK, even carried a pillion for most of those trips!.

    Best of luck with it.
    I agree, light bikes make for great fun, you can practice your skills at sane speeds.
    I bought a MSX125 last month, to add to the 6 bikes already in the garage.


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    #5670
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Anyone have an RST Raid jacket?.. Opinions if you have please.

    Just looking at one in Bikeworld, they feel nice but I haven't had great experiences with RST gear in the past.


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    #5671
    horse7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,725 ✭✭✭horse7


    looking for motorcycle recovery service,puncture or breakdown, do most bikers use these now,i think its paid yearly, or do most take a chance?


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