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Finally got rid of the CBF 600F, 'orrible bike, heavy, slow and fugly and picked this diversion up a coupla days ago. Worlds apart in comparison, light, easy to ride, reasonable turn of speed, etc, 7400 miles on an 09 plate, well happy with it so far.

 
edd1e said:
Great ride this morning, but ended up riding through some floods..! so treated it to a 3 hour wash when i got home and also fitted the new plate and stomp grip. Thought i'd take a pic.
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dangermouse425 said:
Eddie,

Please stop posting pictures of your S1000RR. I do not possess the strength of will to resist moving immediately to Autotrader.

I friggin' love this bike.
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Hit the nail on the head. Only been looking at them recently, but absolutely stunning bikes. In 3-4 years, I'd like to have one :) Fingers crossed. eh
 
dangermouse425 said:
Very swish. Must be a pleasure to ride after the CBF!
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You wouldn't believe how much of a pleasure it is to ride this in comparison to the CBF! All the controls are so light, throttle, clutch, gear change etc, all work extremely well together, the engine, being a retuned/ detuned early R6 lump, is virtually vibration free and is real easy to ride in traffic, slowly, etc due to it being so tractable in the lower range, it'll return a good bit of acceleration too if you give it a fistfull but it'll never catch you out I reckon. The bouncy bits work very well, almost like riding on a billiard table when compared with that old CBF (I reckon the tyres sidewalls were rock hard meself) and its comfy for me as well, a 6' 2", 16 stone lard a**e :p
Would make a perfect bike for someone stepping up to a big bike after passing they're test. The only criticism I have is that on tick over, it really does sound like a sewing machine but I can live with that.
 
The mighty varadero. :D did about 60 miles on it today, just getting used to it. Gear lever has a little bit of play so might need an adjustment, and the rear brake lever is slightly bent inwards so needs a new one, bit hard to press it at times.

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Did a good range of a and b roads, a bit of the a21 dual carriageway and got up to 70 with ease, was knocking on 75 (indicated) downhill with a bit more to go, reckon it'd do 80 on a decent downhill straight.

I think some people see the L plates and assume I'll be slow as ****, was doing 40 in a 40 zone and a range rover and another car overtook me :rolleyes: caught them up half a mile down the road in the national limit where I was doing just over 60 :D
 
you can bend the levers back into shape with a little heat and a ring spanner:Djust wrap a rag round the lever so not to mark it

rear lever you can pull it out with some force
 
TallPaul_S said:
was doing 40 in a 40 zone and a range rover and another car overtook me :rolleyes:
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it is the L plates happens to me a lot on my vara. had one plonker in a focus with a trailer over take me in 40 zone today, his trailer nearly wiped me out, ended up riding onto the pavement. damn lucky no one was walking there
 
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