What did you do to your bike today?

you don't need them no,some have flat metal plates with edges that stick up either side and the swingarm sits in them,they aint as easy as with bobbins and hooks but they still work
 
Ordered some bobbins, a paddock stand and an evotech tail tidy, I hope it all comes before Sunday as I'm busy for the next 3 weekends!
 
Fitted the new clock casing/headlight/indicator bulbs, that's after getting home at 7:30pm and then eating. Just got back from a 20 min test ride, which means no more train to work tomorrow! :D:D

Brakes feel soooo much better, loads of feel straight away. Should be awesome once the pads are bedded in.
 
TallPaul_S said:
Fitted the new clock casing/headlight/indicator bulbs, that's after getting home at 7:30pm and then eating. Just got back from a 20 min test ride, which means no more train to work tomorrow! :D:D

Brakes feel soooo much better, loads of feel straight away. Should be awesome once the pads are bedded in.
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Hopefully no more lock-up now the front brakes aren't one-pot calipers. :)
 
Yeah, obviously they need to bed in as they're brand new pads, but there's about 20% as much lever travel before actual braking vs before, and it's more gradual, i.e. I can feel it start to bite and progressively get more powerful.

The bike has also had an oil change, and oh my... sooo smooth :D gear shifts are like a hot knife through butter now, it's running smoother too. And the clutch feels light, probably due to the new clutch lever bracket.

So overall, it feels like a very different bike, in a good way :D
 
I'm ill again, I need some thermals under my kevlar jeans. I'm already having a hard time carrying my jacket and helmet around so winter clothing is a no, no. I'll need to buy some winter gloves though, as my summer gloves have too many vents/holes. But the jacket is fine with the inner layer, really warm... my legs are freezing though.

BTW Selling the bike around April, I came to a conclusion that I just spent too much money on this bike to get rid of it straight away e.g. New break pads, alternator, cabling installation, new oil and filters. Oh yeah I forgot to say there was a duke 2 weeks before I brought mine in and the engine blow up, that's like 700-900 quid...
 
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I'm ill again, I need some thermals under my kevlar jeans. I'm already having a hard time carrying my jacket and helmet around so winter clothing is a no, no. I'll need to buy some winter gloves though, as my summer gloves have too many vents/holes. But the jacket is fine with the inner layer, really warm... my legs are freezing though.
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Get up to mountain warehouse (high street shop) and get some of their Merino wool base layers. £25 for the bottoms, they keep you warm when it's cold and wick sweat away when it's hot. You can wear them under your jeans and no-one but you will know.
 
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Get up to mountain warehouse (high street shop) and get some of their Merino wool base layers. £25 for the bottoms, they keep you warm when it's cold and wick sweat away when it's hot. You can wear them under your jeans and no-one but you will know.
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Do you wear these? Wouldn't some thermal layers be a better option, or not?

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What about socks? I usually have my RST boots that cover upto my ankle, but they still have some vents.

I want to be warm :D
 
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Do you wear these? Wouldn't some thermal layers be a better option, or not?

BTW

What about socks? I usually have my RST boots that cover upto my ankle, but they still have some vents.

I want to be warm :D
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Well obviously when it's 5 degrees outside you'll want a proper thermal lining in your textiles/leathers, but for when it's chilly a merino base layer is good. They keep your warm when it's cold and cool you when it's hot.

I haven't worn them on the bike yet, but I have the L/S top and bottoms and wearing them around the house or sleeping in them (which I'll be doing when camping) they kept me lovely and cosy and warm. They'll keep you warm when wet too, and don't smell even after you've sweated in them. So thermals will be better when it's really cold, but then you probably shouldn't be wearing kevlar jeans when it starts to get properly cold anyway, you want to keep all wind out when it starts dropping well below 10 degrees.

Several properties contribute to merino's popularity for exercise clothing, compared to wool in general and to other types of fabric:

Merino is excellent at regulating body temperature, especially when worn against the skin. The wool provides some warmth, without overheating the wearer. It draws moisture (sweat) away from the skin, a phenomenon known as wicking. The fabric is slightly moisture repellent (keratin fibers are hydrophobic at one end and hydrophilic at the other), allowing the user to avoid the feeling of wetness.[8]
Like cotton, wool absorbs water (up to 1/3 its weight), but, unlike cotton, wool retains warmth when wet,[9] thus helping wearers avoid hypothermia after sweating from strenuous exercise or getting rained on when outside.[8]
Like most wools, merino contains lanolin, which has antibacterial properties.[10]
Merino is one of the softest types of wool available, due to finer fibers and smaller scales.[9]
Merino has an excellent warmth-to-weight ratio compared to other wools, in part because the smaller fibers have microscopic cortices of dead air, trapping body heat similar to the way a sleeping bag warms its occupant.[11
 
They're £49 online but in the shops they're all £25 each. Are you going to be riding right through winter? Even kevlar jeans, a thermal layer and a wind/waterproof layer will be too cold when it's 4 degrees outside and you have 60mph wind chill on top!

I'll be wearing my summer gloves through winter, thanks to a set of Tucano Urbano bar muffs and heated grips :D
 
I won't be riding through winter when it gets really cold, I don't want the bike covered up in salt, I'll just use the bus for the time when its totally freezing, shame the car insurance is so expensive...

What do you do with the textile trousers once you arrive at your nice warm and cosy destination? If you wear them, surely you would be sweating like mad?
 
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I won't be riding through winter when it gets really cold, I don't want the bike covered up in salt, I'll just use the bus for the time when its totally freezing, shame the car insurance is so expensive...

What do you do with the textile trousers once you arrive at your nice warm and cosy destination? If you wear them, surely you would be sweating like mad?
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In my textiles I wear jeans underneath (so that's textiles, thermal quilted lining and a pair jeans!) then just fold them up and tuck them under my desk/with my bag at work. Same with my textile/leather jacket and boots (trainers in my kriega R3, I work in IT so jeans and t-shirt everyday)

When it's proper cold I'm in a balaclava/knox cold killers neck tube pulled up over my mouth/nose, then tucked into my jacket, jacket zipped to trousers, so apart from my visor I have zero cold air getting in anywhere. Even when it's 0-2 degrees at 7am last winter I was lovely and warm. There's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong kit. My textile jacket has some room so as well as the quilted thermal liner i can put a thin fleece on over a t-shirt, plenty of layers for the cold. ;)
 
aint just textile trousers enough for you?

I just wear boxer shorts and weise nrg textile trousers and im warm as toast in those,need some gloves though my fingers suffered badly last winter
 
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