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Nothing on the actual bike, but booked my first track day 
June 3rd - Oulton Park
June 3rd - Oulton Park What did you do to your bike today?
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Cleaned the chain, checked it over and....
How the hell did that happen... less than 500miles on this tire
How the hell did that happen... less than 500miles on this tire
Soldato
It either gets kept in the garage or I'm on top of it riding so I don't think it was deliberate, I must have run over something. I guess now I know why my right turns were sketchy
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Bit of metal in the road, or a dropped stanley knife blade could easily do that. Look pretty deep too.
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Just feel lucky it didn't blowout while you were on it!
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Yeah damn thats a deep cut!
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Gave the bike a wash head to toe, went through j&s, bright lovely dry day and then all of a sudden water on the road. It wasn't water, it was animal crap, it's like a farmers crap load was dumped on the road, was like sludge and was heaving in my helmet with the smell.
Bike stunk and covered in animal poo, and my back was too, but now everything is spotless ready for little run tomorrow
Of you give the bike a good wax, all you need to do is snow foam the bike, leave 10 minutes and wash off. Snow foam again to use the rest of the bottle, wait and rinse off and dry. Don't even need to use a mitt on the paint work. Wheels are different, but you get the idea.
Bike stunk and covered in animal poo, and my back was too, but now everything is spotless ready for little run tomorrow
Of you give the bike a good wax, all you need to do is snow foam the bike, leave 10 minutes and wash off. Snow foam again to use the rest of the bottle, wait and rinse off and dry. Don't even need to use a mitt on the paint work. Wheels are different, but you get the idea.
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Ouch, I feel for you. Why does this always seem to happen to new or nearly new tyres?
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Yesterday spent a good two hours cleaning it. I very rarely wash it, hence why I took so long on it; the inside back wheel was absolutely horrendous 
I bought a 5 pack of sponge scouters for the wheels and went through three of them on the back wheel and swing arm.
Ride out into North Wales today, will hopefully be able to get a couple of nice pictures
I bought a 5 pack of sponge scouters for the wheels and went through three of them on the back wheel and swing arm.Ride out into North Wales today, will hopefully be able to get a couple of nice pictures
Man of Honour
The Tygon tubing couldn't handle the bend radius between the res and MC so the easiest option to give me back a rear brake was to remove the res.
That basically makes it a race bike right?
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A slightly less scenic ride out, 125 miles in total which left me with what sounds like a splash of fuel left!
Got out on the Speed Triple today with a mate. It was a nice ride. It got a bit cold towards the end but was still okay. Picked up a mother's day card on the way home.
Next on the agenda is getting my Bonneville running smoothly. I got it running last night but it was only idling on one cylinder and wouldn't idle below 1.5k. Hopefully it's just a carb issue, possibly not fueling it properly on the idle circuit due to a blockage.
As much as I like the Speed Triple, it's fast, agile, has a starter motor etc, it's just not as fun to ride as my Bonnie.
A slightly less scenic ride out, 125 miles in total which left me with what sounds like a splash of fuel left!
I recognize that carpark?
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Rye Harbour bikers car park, normally a bit busier in the summer.
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