I've discovered that decent bar ends really do help kill the V Twin vibes coming through the bars, much more comfortable ride now so much so I might even get away with taking the neoprene grip covers off that I put on to help damp it out.
What did you do to your bike today?
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Cancel the job with him, take the plastics and go to that guy? I would argue this out, two weeks and nothing is getting done sounds a bit ridiculous tbh... Especially since its a bike we're talking about, not a car.
Edit: How much would it cost to re-paint the SV650S with the fairings? I'm really not a fan of that blue, but damn that price.
I got my plastics back from the body shop. And the paint is still soft i can mark it with my nails. So soft that when i went to apy a vinyl deval and pulled it back a big strip of paint peeled off. Anyone here have any experience with 1k paint. Am i meant to leave it longer? Or is this just shoddy workmanship.
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My bike in it's short 10mins ride this morning has just dropped a pool of what looks like oil on the ground in the works carpark. No leaks all weekend as I would have seen it in the shed.
So I'm a little worried, it looks like it's coming from the breather pipe area, the rear of the engine under the rear shock which is odd.
However thinking about it I filled up with petrol on the way to work this morning and I brimmed it and that was when the bike was upright as I was sat on it when filling. So I'm thinking I've overfilled and now it's on the side stand.
Gonna take it for a spin at lunch and so long as it runs fine you think it's ok? Googling it brings up all sorts of horror stories typically
I've got it booked in to the garage (when I thought it was an oil leak) and they've said the same, so long as it's running fine it should be ok.
What do you guys think? Stop over worrying and don't over fill in future? Or will I explode?
So I'm a little worried, it looks like it's coming from the breather pipe area, the rear of the engine under the rear shock which is odd.
However thinking about it I filled up with petrol on the way to work this morning and I brimmed it and that was when the bike was upright as I was sat on it when filling. So I'm thinking I've overfilled and now it's on the side stand.
Gonna take it for a spin at lunch and so long as it runs fine you think it's ok? Googling it brings up all sorts of horror stories typically
I've got it booked in to the garage (when I thought it was an oil leak) and they've said the same, so long as it's running fine it should be ok.
What do you guys think? Stop over worrying and don't over fill in future? Or will I explode?
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Sorry I filled my bike with petrol this morning, not touched the oil but seems fine on the marks (such a pain trying to see the marks on the sight glass, stupid design).
And yer it smells of petrol. I hate filling up, such a ball ache. Suppose now only doing 5miles a day rather than 30 will make it last longer anyway!
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Well this morning the strap pin on my held racetex gloves broke so I can't do up the small wrist strap properly. Bought them in December 2014 but luckily they have a 2 year warranty!
And then on the ride to work I start hearing an intermittent "metal on plastic" scraping sound...
pulled over and thought I'd picked up a nail which was rubbing on the chain guard. Nope, not that. Rode off, still getting the noise! Stopped again, checked the chain guard - all secure. 
Then realised my chain is mighty slack!! And having washed the bike yesterday it's the chain hitting the (now clean) chain guard as it's not doing it all the time. Obviously my trip with going up and down the box clutchless on Thursday has stretched the chain a little, I'll adjust it when I get home.
My gloves breaking, clutch cable snapping and GPU failing a couple of weeks ago means that's my 3 things gone wrong
they happen in threes don't they? 
And then on the ride to work I start hearing an intermittent "metal on plastic" scraping sound...
pulled over and thought I'd picked up a nail which was rubbing on the chain guard. Nope, not that. Rode off, still getting the noise! Stopped again, checked the chain guard - all secure. Then realised my chain is mighty slack!! And having washed the bike yesterday it's the chain hitting the (now clean) chain guard as it's not doing it all the time. Obviously my trip with going up and down the box clutchless on Thursday has stretched the chain a little, I'll adjust it when I get home.
My gloves breaking, clutch cable snapping and GPU failing a couple of weeks ago means that's my 3 things gone wrong
they happen in threes don't they? 
Followed a bike while filtering this morning, his side stand was hanging loose and had what looked like frayed blue rope tied around it, I presume the rope was meant to be holding the stand up. When he took a left hand corner his stand was nearly touching the ground, really worried it was going to catch and take him out, I tried to get his attention but I'm a novice at filtering so he got away from me, hope he made it to his destination safely!
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Stands are generally designed to drag along the ground so they can't catch anything and cause a fall. It would require a rather special situation for a stand to actually hook on something. I wouldn't be surprised if his stand's been dangling down for months.
Easy thing is just keep beeping him till he looks and wave him down
I comeback from the optician, will have to wear glasses whilst riding and driving... Apparently my eyesight is healthy, but I can't get my eyes to concetrate on a object further away. Its not blurry, its just the object that is not sharp enough for me to be able to tell what it is exactly... 
How many of you have to ride with glasses on? How's the discomfort with the helmet? I should probably change my profession from IT to something else, I spend nearly all my life in front of a computer...
Edit: But, the lenses he was using were dirty and had fingerprints on them... so I'll redo my eye test abroad as I'm going on holiday again soon. I don't quite believe them...
How many of you have to ride with glasses on? How's the discomfort with the helmet? I should probably change my profession from IT to something else, I spend nearly all my life in front of a computer...
Edit: But, the lenses he was using were dirty and had fingerprints on them... so I'll redo my eye test abroad as I'm going on holiday again soon.
I don't quite believe them...
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I've ridden in my glasses once because I forgot to take a new set of daily contact lenses with me when I was visiting my parents.
Never again! The glasses never quite sit in the helmet right, you've got a reduced field of vision as you end up looking out the side of the lenses and never mind what you do they will steam up.
Get some contacts.
Never again! The glasses never quite sit in the helmet right, you've got a reduced field of vision as you end up looking out the side of the lenses and never mind what you do they will steam up.
Get some contacts.
My GT Air has great ventilation and slots for the arms of glasses to fit neatly into.
I'm not required to wear glasses by law (the Swiss are very strict on this) to ride, but I choose to do as as it's more comfortable for my eyes and I have zero issues with comfort and steaming up.
Never, ever, ever, ever forget to remove them before taking your helmet off though! I have made that mistake once, and I will never be making it again!
I'm not required to wear glasses by law (the Swiss are very strict on this) to ride, but I choose to do as as it's more comfortable for my eyes and I have zero issues with comfort and steaming up.
Never, ever, ever, ever forget to remove them before taking your helmet off though! I have made that mistake once, and I will never be making it again!
Just ordered a reconditioned rear caliper from Powerhouse in a fetching gold finish.
My calipers need a good going over and by the time I'd priced up all the seals and bits needed, plus the time if nothings seized, plus the ball ache if the pins are seized and need drilling out which is apparently a very common trick they like the play on the SV £62 for one already done and ready to bolt on was the sensible option.
Plan on getting the fronts as well but as it's my first time playing with brakes I thought the rear was the safer option, because lets face it most of the time you forget you've even got a rear brake
My calipers need a good going over and by the time I'd priced up all the seals and bits needed, plus the time if nothings seized, plus the ball ache if the pins are seized and need drilling out which is apparently a very common trick they like the play on the SV £62 for one already done and ready to bolt on was the sensible option.
Plan on getting the fronts as well but as it's my first time playing with brakes I thought the rear was the safer option, because lets face it most of the time you forget you've even got a rear brake
How many of you have to ride with glasses on? How's the discomfort with the helmet? I should probably change my profession from IT to something else, I spend nearly all my life in front of a computer...
I ride with glasses on. Most of the time it's fine - most helmets these days have cutouts for glasses arms so the comfort isn't an issue.
The worst time is winter when it's cold and wet, as glasses steam up. My current helmet (NEXX SD1) is by far the best helmet I've had for that
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I have to wear glasses too but don't have any problems with them, I also use the Muck Off anti mist stuff which works very well.