What did you do to your bike today?
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You have to remove the gear linkage to get to the front sprocket?
(Note to self,avoid Suzuki)
You also have to do that on my CBR, its only a 2 minute job however.
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Same on mine too, 1 bolt that's all. The gear selector shaft goes through the front sprocket cover.
I just finished planning out my 2 day mini euro trip, just need to wait for a weekend in May when it's warm...
620 miles over 2 days, into Belgium and Luxembourg and within spitting distance of Germany for a good few miles, with some roads like this
Just need to buy a couple of Kriega US20's and I'm set. £50 ish in fuel, 5 euros in tolls on the way back, £30 eurotunnel return and £10 for camping, plus money for food.
I just finished planning out my 2 day mini euro trip, just need to wait for a weekend in May when it's warm...
620 miles over 2 days, into Belgium and Luxembourg and within spitting distance of Germany for a good few miles, with some roads like this
Just need to buy a couple of Kriega US20's and I'm set. £50 ish in fuel, 5 euros in tolls on the way back, £30 eurotunnel return and £10 for camping, plus money for food.
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Nice one edd1e. One track I've never been that keen on going to because of the weather (and distance). Looks like you had a good work out there
I was a little worried too, it's a long way for us (4.5hrs with no traffic... or 7hrs in our case.. Birmingham!) but we hit the jackpot, stunning sunshine all day.
As a track it's now easily the best one in the UK I have done. It has a mix or everything and is not flat like a lot of UK tracks. You can also walk around the entire track and you're very close to the action. There is the Sea all around it, it's like a mini Philip Island.
We will be going back for sure
I just finished planning out my 2 day mini euro trip, just need to wait for a weekend in May when it's warm...
620 miles over 2 days, into Belgium and Luxembourg and within spitting distance of Germany for a good few miles, with some roads like this
Just need to buy a couple of Kriega US20's and I'm set. £50 ish in fuel, 5 euros in tolls on the way back, £30 eurotunnel return and £10 for camping, plus money for food.
If you're planning a similar trip in late June or any weekend in July I'd be glad to come along. I need experience of hauling the camping gear around ahead of longer trips planned for 2017.
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I've actually got a longer (4-5 day) trip planned for June/July, depending when I do this 2 day trip, want to leave a few weeks in between - a nice easy one mileage wise (900 miles over 4 days riding - 280/150/200 and 260 miles each day from/to Calais) I'll probably do it over 5 days and stop an extra day somewhere along the way to relax/do touristy stuff/ride out off-route, that's across into Belgium via the Ardennes, then through Luxembourg, hitting the Moselle valley all the way to Koblenz, then turning homeward via the nurburgring, Eifel mountains, Spa, and then a blast along the motorway back to Calais.
I should be going to the meet up in May if you're there
This 2 day trip is a 'dry run' if you like for Europe - I've never ridden in Europe before so riding on the wrong side should be fun
Camping is all sorted, my 3 days down into Devon end of last year got me sorted for that!
I should be going to the meet up in May if you're there
This 2 day trip is a 'dry run' if you like for Europe - I've never ridden in Europe before so riding on the wrong side should be fun
Camping is all sorted, my 3 days down into Devon end of last year got me sorted for that!I'm doing a weekend in Wales 7-8 May and then 7 days to the Alps from 4 to 11 June. After that I'm free until the first week of August, and still have a few days holiday to burn. Sounds like it might be possible. I've done those routes before, with the exception of Luxembourg - lovely roads.
Kind of annoyed that the centre of the tyre isn't as hard as i assumed. PR4s have a harder compound in the centre, as do quite a few others. But this is my rear after almost 4K miles of commuting. The A1 is the reason why.
Id take removing a simple gear linkage over ever working on a kawasaki, hated every one I have worked on
Maybe your old one is simple but anything 06 onwards is a complete pain in the backside!
On the flip side the front sprocket cover is about the easiest thing to remove on a ZX6R lol.
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Kind of annoyed that the centre of the tyre isn't as hard as i assumed. PR4s have a harder compound in the centre, as do quite a few others. But this is my rear after almost 4K miles of commuting. The A1 is the reason why.
Do those people do 20 miles of A1 5 days a week
wazza300 and TallPaul_S have them and use their bikes for commuting, I guess their commute is mostly straights too?
Better to ask them though