The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Max Headroom · 30-04-2020 07:51AM

Japcati2020 wrote: »

I heard he lives in a tent up on top of Howth Head these days........

Considering the pic of his KTM hope his tent is within 2k.......:P

Japcati2020 · 30-04-2020 08:16AM

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Max Headroom wrote: »

Considering the pic of his KTM hope his tent is within 2k.......:P

Ah but of coarse it is.......1.99k measured by gps......:pac:;)

H_Lime · 30-04-2020 08:24AM

cantdecide wrote: »

Looking very well CD! Havr you much oem parts on order or on stock? Gaskets, bearings, fixings etc?

lennymc · 30-04-2020 05:23PM

fitted el cheapo double bubble screen from ebay. Looks a bit taller compared to the standard one - will see what it is like when i ride the bike again. Broke one of the plastic screws putting it back on, which sucks. Need to get a new one now.

Japcati2020 · 01-05-2020 11:09AM

Some stuff from England and Germany arrived this morning.
Fowler's.....wont be using them again.
Overpriced,and slow to deliver when compared to the Germans.......

Max Headroom · 01-05-2020 12:50PM

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Some stuff from England and Germany arrived this morning.
Fowler's.....wont be using them again.
Overpriced,and slow to deliver when compared to the Germans.......

Considering the stuff had to come from KTM..to them to me..i was impressed..as regards overpriced..nah...!!..germans can go and heil hitler....:p

Japcati2020 · 01-05-2020 12:56PM

Max Headroom wrote: »

Considering the stuff had to come from KTM..to them to me..i was impressed..as regards overpriced..nah...!!..germans can go and heil hitler....:p

Well the stuff I bought came in at 35 euro cheaper than Fowlers and got here 5 days after time of order.
Therefore I like "ze germans" very much.......

batman_oh · 01-05-2020 02:30PM

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

KildareMan · 01-05-2020 02:44PM

That's a lot of burgers & Chicken Wings. Sure there's some Pizza in there to. Nice.

Makes my Hyper pro (in the post) look positively low rent.

H_Lime · 01-05-2020 04:00PM

batman_oh wrote: »

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

H_Lime · 01-05-2020 04:05PM

batman_oh wrote: »

Wasn't gonna bother doing this but with the savings on burgers and chicken wings being locked at home the last month and a half I couldn't pass up on this when it came up in Millsport. 1199 Superleggera TTX with overpriced titanium spring! :pac:

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

batman_oh · 02-05-2020 12:51PM

H_Lime wrote: »

Gwan, how much!!! Betcha the shock cost more than my Dr lol!!

It wasn't new - the price of a new one would make you cry. The spring alone is around 1000 quid :eek:

blade1 · 02-05-2020 03:54PM

My proper arrow shotguns hanger arrived.
Million times better

H_Lime · 02-05-2020 04:35PM

batman_oh wrote: »

It wasn't new - the price of a new one would make you cry. The spring alone is around 1000 quid :eek:

Hey no judgement here:) Beats indoor skiing or paddy power! Still an addiction mind:D
What's the thinking with the ti spring? Is it just grams saved or is there something else? I wouldn't have thought it was a good choice for a spring but then again I'm not a metallurgist! Whats the rate and your weight?
I'm gonna go with........ 1399gbp, hotter or colder?

H_Lime · 02-05-2020 04:39PM

blade1 wrote: »

My proper arrow shotguns hanger arrived.
Million times better

Offset from swinger is tidier and a bit higher?
Your some man for the detail details:eek::)

blade1 · 02-05-2020 04:52PM

H_Lime wrote: »

Offset from swinger is tidier and a bit higher?
Your some man for the detail details:eek::)

Remind me to never let you park my car in a tight space!

:pac:

H_Lime · 02-05-2020 05:11PM

I'm Italian parking cars, when bumpers kiss yer home:)

Max Headroom · 02-05-2020 06:00PM

Japcati2020 wrote: »

Well the stuff I bought came in at 35 euro cheaper than Fowlers and got here 5 days after time of order.
Therefore I like "ze germans" very much.......

You probably had it picked up by private plane and delivered to you by a virgin..tho....:D

KildareMan · 02-05-2020 06:53PM

Fitted my HyperPro today. Arrived 3 days early from Holland

H_Lime · 02-05-2020 07:34PM

KildareMan wrote: »

Fitted my HyperPro today. Arrived 3 days early from Holland

That is a lovely piece! You said you had a Tiger was it yea?

KildareMan · 04-05-2020 01:45PM

Yup the bestest and rarest. Venom yellow

blade1 · 04-05-2020 02:22PM

Speaking of Tigers.
I gave a loan of my 1050 to my Brother one time and when he brought it back, he asked me would I sell it.
I said it wasn't for sale so we went off and got him one instead. Full proper luggage as well.

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KildareMan · 04-05-2020 04:32PM

Had a Caspian Blue 1050 prior to the 800. Bought sight unseen from UK dealer and rode back in 2009. Great machine but just a little top heavy for me so the 800 was an easy buy.

blade1 · 04-05-2020 04:42PM

KildareMan wrote: »

Had a Caspian Blue 1050 prior to the 800. Bought sight unseen from UK dealer and rode back in 2009. Great machine but just a little top heavy for me so the 800 was an easy buy.

I wish I took a vid of how you can really throw them around when needs be.
My brother would be more into cruisers.
He has a Valkyrie, Harley and a few other yokes.
I think he prefers the tiger now although that wouldn't be hard :pac:

H_Lime · 04-05-2020 05:59PM

Blade on a comfy plush traillie, well I never!

Nice machines that make sense on our roads.

Had at my refurbed formerly cursty mildly buckled front hoop.

One side

Other

Leo Reilly could true it in twenty mins, took me an hr, but tis true.

Had the coater mask the well so it won't need drastic re tensioning.

blade1 · 04-05-2020 06:04PM

Had a tdm900 before the Tiger which I wish I hung on to it.
There's was days on the tdm that when I arrived home I'd just keep going and stay on it another hour or so.
Loved it.
Your Dr finished??

H_Lime · 05-05-2020 07:58AM

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blade1 wrote: »

Had a tdm900 before the Tiger which I wish I hung on to it.
There's was days on the tdm that when I arrived home I'd just keep going and stay on it another hour or so.
Loved it.
Your Dr finished??

I'd say it was the only tdm with ohlins:P
Doctor DR has had all the things I wanted to refurbish, paint, rebuild, modify/improve done. I need to buy chain and sprok and front line to match the four pot calipers banjo angle outlet, then it's put humpty back together. Should be back together in a month? Hopefully my carb jetting and engine work were OK.

Max Headroom · 05-05-2020 09:04AM

You laced your own wheel..fair play, lot of guys think its witchcraft..or just lazy....:P

batman_oh · 05-05-2020 09:21AM

H_Lime wrote: »

Hey no judgement here:) Beats indoor skiing or paddy power! Still an addiction mind:D
What's the thinking with the ti spring? Is it just grams saved or is there something else? I wouldn't have thought it was a good choice for a spring but then again I'm not a metallurgist! Whats the rate and your weight?
I'm gonna go with........ 1399gbp, hotter or colder?

800 sterling - so not too bad. The spring is purely weight saving as the Superlegerra was lightweight bits all over trying to justify the crazy asking price. Luckily enough the spring is exactly the rate I need - not as if I'd replace!

H_Lime · 05-05-2020 10:15AM

Max Headroom wrote: »

You laced your own wheel..fair play, lot of guys think its witchcraft..or just lazy....:P

It's tricky but doable if you apply logic and like solving puzzles:) Ensuring lacing pattern and disc offset set you up well for truing. Truing is the witchcraft but the two main culprits can be fixed (mostly) with two basic techniques.

batman_oh wrote: »

800 sterling - so not too bad. The spring is purely weight saving as the Superlegerra was lightweight bits all over trying to justify the crazy asking price. Luckily enough the spring is exactly the rate I need - not as if I'd replace!

That's cheaper than I reckoned but yeah still more expensive than the Dr I bought:pac:
Result on the rate being a match!

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