Post your bikes thread

Flukester · 31 Jul 2009 at 14:53

Fireskull said:
Rain or sun I will be having fun just different kind

Bikes looking shiny! Are you going to put another motographics style thing on the other side of front fairing?

nope, kinda like the asymetrical weirdness, maybe I'm just strange

Fireskull · 31 Jul 2009 at 14:55

haha

maybe... na it does look good in a strange way

Magic_x_uk · 31 Jul 2009 at 15:30

Why do the lights have to have tape on them ?

Fireskull · 31 Jul 2009 at 15:32

They dont have too but the lights messes up with the photographs otherwise.

Sagalout · 31 Jul 2009 at 15:55

Ranger07 said:
Sold them after getting pulled on the R1 doing an absolutely ludicrous speed along an A road, got off with it luckily but made me reconsider having such fast toys.

Must admit I was lucky last night. I'd spent ages stripping fairings, cleaning everything up, oiling the chain and trying to get rid of a few rattles with strategically placed foam lol.

Went for a test ride and ended up having a little play with an R32 on some twisties. We turned on to the bypass and I decided to floor it past the car - didnt actually see the speedo but was at the redline in 2nd gear when I saw the front end of a white car poking from behind a bush! rolled off the throttle and gently hit the brakes and went past the copper at 60 but it was close - he just laughed as I went past - must have sounded pretty obvious when the race pipe went from redline to 3k in a second lol.

VFR_KID · 31 Jul 2009 at 15:58

Sagalout said:
Must admit I was lucky last night. I'd spent ages stripping fairings, cleaning everything up, oiling the chain and trying to get rid of a few rattles with strategically placed foam lol.

Went for a test ride and ended up having a little play with an R32 on some twisties. We turned on to the bypass and I decided to floor it past the car - didnt actually see the speedo but was at the redline in 2nd gear when I saw the front end of a white car poking from behind a bush! rolled off the throttle and gently hit the brakes and went past the copper at 60 but it was close - he just laughed as I went past - must have sounded pretty obvious when the race pipe went from redline to 3k in a second lol.

LOL.

I would loved to have seen that.

Sagalout · 31 Jul 2009 at 16:07

Yeah, I laughed about it after I was sure he wasnt going to follow me! Doesnt sound all that fast, but redline in 1st is about 105mph, and I was in 2nd so I was definitley in banning territory!

Mackeral_Fillet · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:26

Fireskull said:
They dont have too but the lights messes up with the photographs otherwise.

I thought it was to minimise any glass on the track in the event of an accident.

Fireskull · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:06

That too but ive never seen it happen and you would have to have a big crash to bust your lights on the tarmac itself.

Magic_x_uk · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:43

Fireskull said:
They dont have too but the lights messes up with the photographs otherwise.

Well surely you just don't turn your lights on then ?

Fireskull · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:46

Dont have a lot of choice on modern bikes, a lot of them have dip permanently on.

Magic_x_uk · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:47

Oh right, didn't know that. I know my Fazer you have to turn them on. Thanks though for answering the reason why

Fireskull · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:53

No problem, yea not sure when a lot of bikes started to keep them on, gsxr is always on but my old sv you had to turn on too.

Im off to bed got to be on the road for 4am :/ hope the weather makes it worth it lol

PardonTheWait · 31 Jul 2009 at 22:06

It's the rules now, with lights, my 01 Fazer has a switch but my 04 Z750 didn't. Dunno when it happened apart from between those two years.

chronic86 · 1 Aug 2009 at 00:14

heres my offroad bike, just to take part!

Scythe · 1 Aug 2009 at 00:21

PardonTheWait said:
It's the rules now, with lights, my 01 Fazer has a switch but my 04 Z750 didn't. Dunno when it happened apart from between those two years.

Yep, legislation was introduced on all new bikes, that dim beam had to be on constantly basically, so we're easier to be seen. Never a bad thing and its not exactly a annoyance. It was introduced about 2003 IIRC.

PardonTheWait · 1 Aug 2009 at 00:56

Scythe said:
Yep, legislation was introduced on all new bikes, that dim beam had to be on constantly basically, so we're easier to be seen. Never a bad thing and its not exactly a annoyance. It was introduced about 2003 IIRC.

I remember when my dad got his Blackbird, 01ish I think, it was a couple of years old and had no switch, as the US had daylight running lights as a requirement already by then and it was a parallel import.

chronic86 said:
heres my offroad bike, just to take part!

Nice to see people still riding strokers, they're better in every single way except pure competitiveness. I miss my YZ, but I don't miss being reminded every Sunday that I can't ride a motocross bike to save my life. I also don't miss being lapped repeatedly by 11 year olds on CR85s :/

chronic86 · 2 Aug 2009 at 00:04

hahaha i know how u feel mate, i've been rididng for 6months and they do the same to me.. but its all good fun at the end of the day!

LeftfieldTilt · 2 Aug 2009 at 09:02

2000 Hornet, needs the fairing/screen sorted as they seem to have been cleaned with wire wool or something by a previous owner. I'm also looking to get a tail tidy, seat cowl and a belly pan fitted.

VFR_KID · 2 Aug 2009 at 19:19

Here is my steed, hasnt moved in 3 years, new battery and fired up instantly just needs front break un-seased and an ignition barel.

Fired up and sounded a bit rough but soon smoothed out and sounded like a true V4