What did you do to your bike today?

[Kreeeee]

Aye Merry Christmas bikers, I want to see loads of bike orientated pressies posted up in here tomorrow!

Already got one:

 

[IC3]

How effective and messy are those chain oilers? Just in general, not particularly the Tutoro...

I'm lazy, so something like this on a new bike is a must for me if it actually works.

 

[wazza300]

When you gonna pull yer finger out and get a bike ic3? You need something to oil first haha

 

[Captain]

When you gonna pull yer finger out and get a bike ic3? You need something to oil first haha

Lol burn

This buying a big bike malarkey is harder than I thought lol

 

[TallPaul_S]

I treated mine to a squirt of wd40 does that count?

And the bike?

Merry Christmas everyone, anyone getting bike for themselves/from the other half for Christmas?

And yeah buying a first big bike is damn hard, it's not like a 125 where there's only a few and they're basically all the same! I couldn't decide and ended up with something completely different from what I was looking at!

 

[wazza300]

Just go in the shop and go eeny meeny miney mo and pick one

Just get the one you like the look of best

 

[MowyTone]

Merry Christmas guys! Been wake for an hour and the Mrs does not want to be awake so might go for an early morning ride.

She is not fixed yet though. Going to look at carbs etc in the next few days

 

[ConTRo13R]

Lol burn

This buying a big bike malarkey is harder than I thought lol

No it isnt find something you like, find the cheapest, closest one that can be ridden home. If it survives spend the next year giving it the TLC it deserves till your happy with it, start again when someone destroys it all for you.

 

[Captain]

No it isnt find something you like, find the cheapest, closest one that can be ridden home. If it survives spend the next year giving it the TLC it deserves till your happy with it, start again when someone destroys it all for you.

Monday is when the search starts I'll be riding round different places

 

[IC3]

Look what I've found, 30 miles away from me. Purple tho...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-Yama...new-Purple-Datagged-R-G-Rollers-/291645329892

How much would it cost to wrap it?

 

[wazza300]

You can pretend your prince in purple rain

Looks black to me?

 

[Captain]

Look what I've found, 30 miles away from me. Purple tho...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-Yama...new-Purple-Datagged-R-G-Rollers-/291645329892

How much would it cost to wrap it?

It's a CAT D though, harder to sell on once you've had enough.

 

[IC3]

It's a CAT D though, harder to sell on once you've had enough.

Didn't see that...

Edit

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CBR650F-only-1800-miles-/201464208416

That price though, its out of my budget

 

[wazza300]

Cat d is nothing tbf,its cosmetic and as long as its been repaired I don't see any problem as long as the price is less

 

[Captain]

It says in the advert the insurance decided not to repair, that mean a brand new bike was offered? But the plate has CAT D registered to it now?

 

[wazza300]

Idk just means it got wrote off rather than repair the frame,maybe they priced for a new frame rather than repair it?

79bhp? Isn't much is it,are they a twin?

 

[Captain]

74bhp, yeah they are a twin, 74bhp is adequate though for any roads.

 

[tom_e]

My SV is around 74bhp and it's more than enough for any vaguely legal fun.
It'll still do 0 to 60 in 3.5

 

[wazza300]

yeah its not too bad for a twin I just thought they were an il4

for me around the 100bhp seems the sweetspot regarding performance and mpg

 

[IC3]

Is the engine breaking really that harsh on a the SV650 2nd gen?