What did you do to your bike today?

Craig321 · 12 Sep 2015 at 17:25

wazza300 said:
looks better now craig,dont they do the integrated brakelight/indicators aswell? wouldn't need any indicators then

@freeman looks good,id have thought they sold the old style crash bars for those bikes

Hmmm that'd be nice! I'll have a look out for those.

Tis a shame I have to put a number plate & lights on, looked so good when I had it off earlier.

TallPaul_S · 12 Sep 2015 at 17:40

Had a run out to P&H motorbikes to have a fondle of some bikes - did just over 100 miles and the new brakes are bedding in nicely, they now have stonking power and feel. I keep on finding myself braking at the point I was used to braking at, and being at the right speed about 100 yards before where I wanted to be

I haven't used them fully yet either, barely been touching them.

Oh, and saw a LaFerrari following a black 458 on a roundabout going onto the M23, the Laferrari gave it a spanking onto the slip road, sounded awesome.

Loads of bikes too, people making the most of probably one of the last proper riding days left this year

skiersteve12345 · 12 Sep 2015 at 17:43

IC3 said:
MT-03 is being added to the range, I wonder what the price will be since you can pretty much grab a brand new MT07 for 4.8k...

looks a lot like my gsr 600 i love the mt range the mt 07 looks soooooooooooo sexy

Freeman · 12 Sep 2015 at 18:19

wazza300 said:
looks better now craig,dont they do the integrated brakelight/indicators aswell? wouldn't need any indicators then

@freeman looks good,id have thought they sold the old style crash bars for those bikes

Yeah they do but I don't like them. They do them in chrome which I'm trying to get away from on that bike.

I didn't think the R&G would go with my bike but they actually look really good once fitted.

wazza300 · 12 Sep 2015 at 18:20

ahh fair enough and yeah they do suit the bike

IC3 · 12 Sep 2015 at 19:54

Craig321 said:
Hmmm that'd be nice! I'll have a look out for those.

Tis a shame I have to put a number plate & lights on, looked so good when I had it off earlier.

Yeah get 1 headlight unit with integrated turn signals, they look far better.

skiersteve12345 said:
looks a lot like my gsr 600 i love the mt range the mt 07 looks soooooooooooo sexy

Yeah, a tad.

TallPaul_S said:
Loads of bikes too, people making the most of probably one of the last proper riding days left this year

I went on a short ride today with cold and cough, couldn't waste another sunny day like this! :rolleyes:

Chris · 12 Sep 2015 at 21:06

Prep day today, ready for a trip to North Wales next week

* Trial fitted my Kriega US30
* Cleaned & Polished Bike
* Checked & lubed Chain
* Washed Textiles in some waterproofing fluid

Had some new Metzeler - Sportec M7 RR tyres fitted a few days ago and got the EVO 6 map enabled by KickStart Motorcycles in Port Talbot.

Chris

wazza300 · 12 Sep 2015 at 21:10

Nice machine Chris,and oooh north Wales is fantastic country

Chris · 12 Sep 2015 at 21:12

Thanks although the weather is looking pretty grim, hence the textiles lol

Chris

Captain · 12 Sep 2015 at 22:46

Everything arrived today apart from my tail tidy, tomorrow I'm going to give it a wash and do the chain.

IC3 · 13 Sep 2015 at 11:02

Clov!s said:
Everything arrived today apart from my tail tidy, tomorrow I'm going to give it a wash and do the chain.

Did you get the R&G Tail Tidy?

BTW Can I bring my Duke along for a wash? It's all dirty, could do with a proper wash.

Captain · 13 Sep 2015 at 11:57

IC3 said:
Did you get the R&G Tail Tidy?

BTW Can I bring my Duke along for a wash? It's all dirty, could do with a proper wash.

I went for the evotech one.

Yeah of course, as long as you can make a good cuppa

tom_e · 13 Sep 2015 at 12:58

Changed the oil, cleaned, adjusted and lubed the chain and done my tyre pressures.

Then took it out for a nice little blast just to make sure everything was right.

ShakenNstirred · 13 Sep 2015 at 15:58

Fitted my Preload adjusters today, now off for a ride to fine tune them.

Captain · 13 Sep 2015 at 16:39

Can anyone recommend a place to get a new numberplate? Would like a smaller one to go with the new tail tidy i'll be fitting.

tom_e · 13 Sep 2015 at 16:41

Got mine from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221766774047

Captain · 13 Sep 2015 at 16:46

Cheers, can it just be plain yellow with only the reg?

MowyTone · 13 Sep 2015 at 18:06

So it seems that it wasn't an exhaust rattle but what I am guessing is valve clearances. Its a knocking/ticking from 3k upwards and the bike has done 26.5k now so its the right time. Confirmed the noise was coming from just above the clutch when i gave her an oil change and new filter today.

Cant do it myself as i dont have the space etc and i use it every day

wazza300 · 13 Sep 2015 at 18:09

could be camchain tensioner rattle aswell? if valves have never been done though its worth checking I suppose

shouldn't be hard on a v twin

if its bucket and shim valves they should get quieter if anything

IC3 · 13 Sep 2015 at 18:12

tom_e said:
Got mine from here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221766774047

What dimensions did you get?

MowyTone said:
So it seems that it wasn't an exhaust rattle but what I am guessing is valve clearances. Its a knocking/ticking from 3k upwards and the bike has done 26.5k now so its the right time. Confirmed the noise was coming from just above the clutch when i gave her an oil change and new filter today.

Cant do it myself as i dont have the space etc and i use it every day

Same here, I wouldn't take all my bike apart outside and replaced pretty much the whole installation along with alternator. If I had a garage, would give it a go, but would probably end up in the mechanics... I only played around with 50cc 2T engines when I was younger.