What did you do to your bike today?

Arrived today, Secondhand however in great condition.
Polished up a treat.
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Edit to add: Having owned the bike since 2002 you kind of run out of goodies after you have bought everything for it, nice when something like this comes along (You can't buy HRC ones for this model brand new anymore).
 
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VoG said:
I thought you got it for a song in the first place tho?.
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I did but now I am cashing in, I have bought a Mk6 Transit LWB Hi roof that I am turning into a Camper. A big part of the cash will go on my conversion & I'll buy a cheap bike for when I feel like a ride.

@Wazza, Depends how you ride it same as owt else, Cruise around on a run & it was pretty good on juice but Hammer it & you'll soon be looking for a station.

Was a great bike & a pleasure to own. :cool:
 
Petrol cost never bothered me on the VFR it was having 1700 quid sitting in my shed for another winter that I didn't want to happen again. Rather have a 600 quid bike & throw a grand at my Camper & trips to see my grand kids.
Camper should give me more quality time with them which is what this is all about.


Oh & I rang the bloke who had my bike ten mins ago to make sure he got back safe & was happy, He's up in Lancashire somewhere, He was well happy Thanked me loads. :cool:
 
Today I received my Stop & Go puncture repair kit. Nice little collection of bits in a stubby pencil case faux leather thing.

Then I tried to find somewhere to put it under the seat of my sports touring motorcycle, made by the 'premium brand' BMW. My lovely K1300S...

And failed. What kind of a sports tourer has zero space under the seat?! Mine. My one.

Stupid ass BMW.

EDIT: I should add, I have BMW Assist or whatever so anywhere in Europe I can call them. But obviously that needs a phone, battery power and a signal. I wonder if the massive k1600 has space under the seat.
 
Yeah, there are obviously options and I'd only really consider repairing if I'm in another country and have a dead phone... but it's annoying that such a massive bike as the K13 has zero space for anything. Even its onboard toolkit is two items only. My bobby basic sv650 had more space and tools in it!

I have panniers for the above situation, so yeah, not the end of the world. Just a gripe :).

Now for today: off to repair a puncture in my rear PR4 thing. And a haircut!
 
Today (actually, yesterday now) I got my bike back from the fixers.

Had an off (Swiss guy on Z750 tried to go through rather than around me on the Isle of Man at Guthries) on 1st June (Mad Sunday, though it was more like quiet and then foggy Sunday). Been a nightmare ever since. Insurance was due for renewal on 12th June, with the pending claim the quotes jumped through the roof :( Like, £268 to £4046 (from Bennetts, previous insurer) or 12 easy manageable payments of £383.

Yeah. I thought that too.

Got bike back yesterday. Been at fixers 8 weeks (had only owned it 4 weeks before then!). New parts, labour, storage charges etc. The bill for my insurer? £4900. Ker-ching.

It was a lowside at 60 ish mph, bike spun on the floor (me sliding after) and wore through engine case. The legal thing will rumble for months I should think (English guy vs Swiss guy on Isle of Man=legal spaghetti). Also whilst the Insurer has cased marked as 'open' (they want to claim costs from other guys insurer - also Axa :( ) I lose 5 years no claims making quotes laughable.

So I got my bike back, it's fine, like new, clean, I'll polish it up...

But it's still sorned, uninsurable (for reasonable cost) and now the weather turned crap. Makes you wonder why you bother sometimes. D'oh!

It's a ZZR1400 with 2k miles on (I've done 1000, rode it 8 times I think). My rubbish old Thunderace suddenly seems to not so bad (because if that had been binned I would have shrugged and bought something else cheap) - at least I'm not paying a loan for something I can't use.

Got plenty of other stuff going on (new job on Monday) so not that bothered for now - might keep it sorned, draped in chains and security and cover it up with a trickle charger pulsing away till next year. We'll see.
 
Slowly getting there wit hthe sale of the bits. Tank and swingarm gone today. Am currently £200 over the price I paid for the salvage so looking good to make a nice profit :)
 
So while out in Manchester yesterday, found out my tail light had broken, no red no brake light. did not feel safe riding all the way to Huddersfield in the evening with no light then back home again with no light.

so quick inspection and i found the problem the ground wire inside had broken off. it's an led unit so a bitch to get access.

a quick trip to maplan to get the necessaries and then i did what all good men do in this situation....I went to the pub.

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see the broken G wire?




key hole surgery time!

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far from perfect but with a cheap battery operated soldering iron (5 quid runs on AA batteries, takes a while to heat but for an emergency its good enough) and through two holes, good enough to get home safe until i can pop the whole thing in the oven to loosen the sealant and take it apart.
 
Griffo said:
Today I received my Stop & Go puncture repair kit. Nice little collection of bits in a stubby pencil case faux leather thing.

Then I tried to find somewhere to put it under the seat of my sports touring motorcycle, made by the 'premium brand' BMW. My lovely K1300S...

And failed. What kind of a sports tourer has zero space under the seat?! Mine. My one.

Stupid ass BMW.

EDIT: I should add, I have BMW Assist or whatever so anywhere in Europe I can call them. But obviously that needs a phone, battery power and a signal. I wonder if the massive k1600 has space under the seat.
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get one of those license plate holders with a little box behind the plate.
 
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