What did you do to your bike today?

wazza300 · 10 Jan 2014 at 11:10

silkolene pro4 I think? the one that's fully synthetic

bakes0310 · 13 Jan 2014 at 16:00

Had my chain cleaned and lubed. plus a scottoiler put on, looks a pretty good piece of kit.

NooBish AbbZ · 13 Jan 2014 at 16:09

rode it into manchester, Had a 2 hour session on a restricted ER6N

First big bike lesson, loved it. Feedback was ' coasting sometimes, short shifting and not getting up to speed quick enough'

All 3 i can sort immediately IMO

Booked next lesson for next wednesday and a 'pre-mod1' session for next friday. Theory test this friday and providing i pass, am going to phone up friday afternoojn to try and get me a MOD 1 booked in for ASAP after next friday

WolfR1der · 13 Jan 2014 at 18:08

Made a tit of myself in front of two lads on scooters as the electric starter on the Vara isn't working and I was trying to bump start it.

But when I got home I took the L plates off :cool:

Finally got my A license today so it's time to go shopping for a proper bike

metbandit1 · 13 Jan 2014 at 18:29

Congrats mate!

I didn't really do anything bikey today but I did get myself a new Drift HD on saturday

edd1e · 13 Jan 2014 at 18:49

congrats Wolf

PU7E · 13 Jan 2014 at 20:48

metbandit1 said:
I didn't really do anything bikey today but I did get myself a new Drift HD on saturday

I got one a couple of weeks ago but still haven't got round to testing it, how are you planning mounting it?

Congrats Wolf

metbandit1 · 13 Jan 2014 at 21:16

PU7E said:
I got one a couple of weeks ago but still haven't got round to testing it, how are you planning mounting it?

Congrats Wolf

Im not 100% sure yet...kind of an impulse buy...
I think ill mount the drift on my lid and the gopro under the bike facing the rear wheel.

WolfR1der · 13 Jan 2014 at 21:24

Cheers guys. 368 days since I failed my first Mod2 and got shafted by the new regs, but I stuck at it!

If the 1000 is a fair bit cheaper to insure than the 650, it's not insane to think about a litre bike, is it?..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201310029077182/sort/locasc/usedbikes/model/v-strom/make/suzuki/postcode/bs70jg/radius/70/quicksearch/true/page/1?logcode=p

Also looking at Versys, but they're harder to come by. Have to get on some test rides

metbandit1 · 13 Jan 2014 at 21:27

WolfR1der said:
Cheers guys.

If the 1000 is cheaper to insure than the 650, it's not insane to think about a litre bike, is it?..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201310029077182/sort/locasc/usedbikes/model/v-strom/make/suzuki/postcode/bs70jg/radius/70/quicksearch/true/page/1?logcode=p

Go for the 1000, these are very under powered anyway, I had the 650 and really always thought with more power it would be an amazing bike.

PU7E · 13 Jan 2014 at 21:43

metbandit1 said:
Im not 100% sure yet...kind of an impulse buy...
I think ill mount the drift on my lid and the gopro under the bike facing the rear wheel.

When you do, can you let me know where you mount it on your lid and what mount you used?

PU7E · 13 Jan 2014 at 21:53

WolfR1der said:
Cheers guys. 368 days since I failed my first Mod2 and got shafted by the new regs, but I stuck at it!

If the 1000 is a fair bit cheaper to insure than the 650, it's not insane to think about a litre bike, is it?..

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201310029077182/sort/locasc/usedbikes/model/v-strom/make/suzuki/postcode/bs70jg/radius/70/quicksearch/true/page/1?logcode=p

Also looking at Versys, but they're harder to come by. Have to get on some test rides

That's a cracking engine if I say so myself

Dogbreath · 13 Jan 2014 at 23:55

metbandit1 said:
Go for the 1000, these are very under powered anyway, I had the 650 and really always thought with more power it would be an amazing bike.

I wouldn't say the DL1000 was under powered as such, just softly tuned. It still has 105 bhp, it's not a slow machine.

However I know a chap that took a DL650 all over Europe, and he definitely felt a little more power would have been useful, so a DL1000 is the sensible choice IMO.

metbandit1 · 14 Jan 2014 at 01:07

I was implying the 650 is under powered.

Yaayuh! · 14 Jan 2014 at 08:29

DL650 is underpowered but it's a damn good engine otherwise.

Could be remapped i'm sure.

Dogbreath · 14 Jan 2014 at 08:41

Rossi~ said:
DL650 is underpowered but it's a damn good engine otherwise.

Could be remapped i'm sure.

Doubt it would gain much. The same engine in the SV makes about 4bhp more due to different cams, so these could be swapped over to gain a little extra power (at the expense of some low end torque), but getting any significant increases over that is difficult without doing a lot of work.

Yaayuh! · 14 Jan 2014 at 08:46

Dogbreath said:
Doubt it would gain much. The same engine in the SV makes about 4bhp more due to different cams, so these could be swapped over to gain a little extra power (at the expense of some low end torque), but getting any significant increases over that is difficult without doing a lot of work.

If you can get it (which you can, easily) to over 70hp with better throttle response then that's all that would be required of such a bike. There will be enough torque to go with it and don't forget it all delivers pretty much low-midrange at the moment.
It won't be fun, but would be functional which is what you should expect from it at the price.

Could be worse, could be an NC700X

Fireskull · 14 Jan 2014 at 08:59

metbandit1 said:
Congrats mate!

I didn't really do anything bikey today but I did get myself a new Drift HD on saturday

Nice one, I am thinking of getting the new Ghost S or whatever its called too, purely because the GoPro mounted on a helmet is so bulky and wind drags is big style, I would also mount the drift on my lid and the GoPro somewhere on the bike

edd1e · 14 Jan 2014 at 09:47

170MPH down the back straight of the nurburgring with a gopro strapped to your helmet is fun.... lol

AndyCr15 · 14 Jan 2014 at 12:19

Made the most of a nice day and gave it a wash!

After lunch, a short ride I think.