What did you do to your bike today?

unKle · 30 Mar 2015 at 10:31

edd1e said:
didn't you only get that a few months ago? why's it going?

Bought it last year in Feb. Only used it 3 times, sat there gathering dust. I'm just making room for the new arrival (when it finally gets here).

Kreeeee · 30 Mar 2015 at 11:07

Stuck a Leo Vince exhaust on it and wired up the GPS cables.

The ride home was glorious!

ElliorR · 30 Mar 2015 at 12:02

Just washed Wales off. Thats the dirtiest my bike has ever been.

wazza300 · 30 Mar 2015 at 12:05

One said:
Scotland's better than Wales, although it's far away

yh I bet Scotland has some nice roads aswell,ill have to try one of the days

TallPaul_S · 30 Mar 2015 at 13:13

wazza300 said:
yh I bet Scotland has some nice roads aswell,ill have to try one of the days

I'd love to spend a week around the scottish highlands, only issue is that it's as far to the highlands as it is to the Alps for me!!

ElliorR · 30 Mar 2015 at 14:04

They don't have Nessie™ in the Alps

Kreeeee · 30 Mar 2015 at 16:03

No, but every single one of our roads is shaped like her

ElliorR · 30 Mar 2015 at 16:06

.....

wazza300 · 30 Mar 2015 at 17:36

TallPaul_S said:
I'd love to spend a week around the scottish highlands, only issue is that it's as far to the highlands as it is to the Alps for me!!

I think you would need to stay in b&b to explore it properly

One · 30 Mar 2015 at 23:43

The west coast of the highlands is absolutely incredible.

Wucked · 31 Mar 2015 at 11:04

Ordered a new seat today for my VFR12, from CM Seats. I'll post some pics when it arrives.

.one. · 31 Mar 2015 at 15:05

rubber and tax the rear was fitted tail end of last year but not had much use feels ok maybe a little Skippy, needed something a more hard wearing due to the 12 likes eating tyres I blame the full akrapovic myself

eddie101 · 2 Apr 2015 at 17:22

Fitted my new rear caliper... yay!

ElliorR · 2 Apr 2015 at 17:25

Put a Pipewerx exhaust on. I've had the exhaust since I got the bike 6 months ago and put it on before but the sound was too loud and it annoyed me. I was ill at the time so I wondered if this was a contributing factor so put it back on today. I'm still not sure if I will leave it on or not as it is still annoying me but not to the same degree. A few more rides to test it out.

The_Abyss · 3 Apr 2015 at 13:19

Arrived just in time for next week's tour through France and Spain. Shame the bike is still stuck at the garage!

Shoei GT-Air Regalia by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

acemastr · 3 Apr 2015 at 13:57

Looking at full exhaust systems... a slip on makes absolutely zero difference to my bike as the cat and ugly muffler underneath rape the sound... so it's full system or bust.

Then I'd need a power commander... expensive... but tempting

acemastr · 3 Apr 2015 at 14:43

One hour after posting that I've now ordered a Yoshimura R55 and power commander 5

ConTRo13R · 3 Apr 2015 at 18:27

Anybody live by the sea? How do you deal with sand and chains?

Currently commuting to a seaside town for work and no matter how often i clean and lube my chain manually and use my scottoiler at full whack the sand is sticking too and absorbing all the lube! ...do i just go dry?

Drangueos · 3 Apr 2015 at 18:30

I've just put a deposit on a Suzuki SFV650 Gladius - Metallic Mat Black / Glass Sparkle Black - KGL
Coming back to bikes after a long 12 years brake, riding scooters didn't count as riding for me

TallPaul_S · 3 Apr 2015 at 19:21

ConTRo13R said:
Anybody live by the sea? How do you deal with sand and chains?

Currently commuting to a seaside town for work and no matter how often i clean and lube my chain manually and use my scottoiler at full whack the sand is sticking too and absorbing all the lube! ...do i just go dry?

Buy a bike without a chain

I would think a dry non-sticky lube would be best, a coating of oil will end up getting sandy, use something that won't have stuff stick to it. Maybe a chain wax that will cover the whole chain and stop anything getting through.