What did you do with whatever else you've got?

[downey]

three weeks without a proper ride  ,managed to get out for a few hours around co kerry  on a vstrom im "minding" for a friend ,the wrist is healing well cant wait to have the fazer bk on the road though,missing the power badly

[downey]

Took the hooligan bike to work today nearly more fun than the Fazer 

blimey that cleans up well man  [size=78%],you obviously have too much time on yer hands [/size]

[nickodemon]

I had a vstrom thou for a short while. Didn't like it at all. Brakes were pretty poor/ handling wasn't great, but the worst thing was the on / off throttle at slow speeds. Tiring to go round a roundabout and having to feather the throttle ain't my kind of fun!. I heard later that mine was the early model, which was prone to snatchy throttle   I owned a 650 vstrom for longer and it was a great bike in comparison to the thou..

[downey]

comfortable id call it but lacking in the grin factor though,i was just glad to have something to get out in the rare irish sunshine

[unfazed]

Took the hooligan bike to work today nearly more fun than the Fazer 

blimey that cleans up well man  [size=78%],you obviously have too much time on yer hands [/size]

Beats cutting the lawn.

[nickodemon]

comfortable id call it but lacking in the grin factor though,i was just glad to have something to get out in the rare irish sunshine

Sunshine in Ireland!   Must be like Scotland where i reside

[esetest]

Due to parts not arriving , I had a free afternoon , so took the Guzzi to WSM , got chatting to a ZZR owner called Phil who was admiring the little Guzzi , very nice chap .

[Dead Eye]

Quick little blat around my area in the cage as it was a nice evening

[Billy Balthorpe]

I just bought this to go with the Fazer and the VN800.







I am one happy bunny, and ive never seen the wife so excited to see a bike ive just bought, the FZR1000 was the bike I had when I met her and the first bike she ever went on.

[nickodemon]

Very Nice

[unfazed]

Spent 2 hours trying to find a rattle on the Mazda which was driving both my wife and I mad for the last few weeks.
It sounded like someone rolling a mineral can down the road.
Finally discovered after lifting the carpet by the drivers seat that an AA battery had managed to get under the carpet through the opening for the heater to the rear and was rolling around intermittently 

[dazza]

Took the DRZ along the Pilgrims Way and stumbled across this fella. Apparently the locals call him Percival.

[nickodemon]

Fitted lightech chain adjusters to my tuono v4

[noggythenog]

Billy Balthorpe.....that FZR looks minted, must've cost you a fortune......anyway they are before my time a bit but i do like them and i sat on the 750 version which was surprisingly comfortable....my limited understanding is that this 1000 was crammed into the same 750 frame.


Anyway...my question is this....ok they look cool but how does it handle when it matters....have you done a y hard cornering yet & how would it compare in that department against the fazer?

[riedrider]

Last year I fitted a  BSM Future exhaust to my 1994 NTV because it is made of stainless steel and the sound ist better 





But midrange torque was not so good as with the original exhaust.
Today I changed the main jets in the carbs and the top cover of the air cleaner housing with the parts from the 1988 model and I fitted a K&N.
Now the bike runs better than with the original exhaust and the sound is again much better 
And I balanced the carbs. Before balancing CO in idle was 2,2 % which is quiet good (German MOT limit is 4,5 %) and after 0,8 % 

[Billy Balthorpe]

Billy Balthorpe.....that FZR looks minted, must've cost you a fortune......anyway they are before my time a bit but i do like them and i sat on the 750 version which was surprisingly comfortable....my limited understanding is that this 1000 was crammed into the same 750 frame.


Anyway...my question is this....ok they look cool but how does it handle when it matters....have you done a y hard cornering yet & how would it compare in that department against the fazer?

I had one in '98. My first track day at Donington 12 months later, 2nd lap, old hairpin, knee down no problem. From then on it got a bit silly, top end of the intermediate group, taking on just about everyone I could catch, on an 11 year old bike!! The harder you push these things the better the front end feels, the only niggle is the 18" rear wheel. They do need a bit of planning and commitment to REALLY hustle them, but it can be done.

Don't know how it compares to a Fazer, although I have one, I haven't had a chance to ride it yet, im still trying to get it so I CAN ride it. Hoping desperately that a guy sends Devilsyam a stolen recovered Gen 1 next week with a good set of downpipes and exup valve.

[Anquetil]

50 miles before dinner on my Dolan training bike in the Shropshire lanes. Watched Moto Gp after.
A biker in his 50's has been seriously injured at 10-30am this morning after a collision with a car on the A494 between Bala and Dolgellau. He has been airlifted to Stoke. Road still closed at 3pm
My thoughts are with his family. Hope that he survives and recovers.

[nickodemon]

Started the strip down of this sorry state of a bike. Waiting on a fuel filter arriving. It needs a clutch cable and speedo cable, but i don't want to buy anything yet until i can get the engine running correctly.... Water also in the headlight . Glued the indicator lens back together, washed the air filter and oiled. On my versys i fitted a rear brake hose (green sleeving)

[esetest]

Took the Guzzi out for a spin down to cheddar , up through the gorge , down through Burrington , Blagdon , Bishop Sutton , pass Chew Valley lake , over Dundry and home , needed that , lately too much work and not enough play .

[nickodemon]

Gpx engine is goosed so selling the parts as fixing and the cost of parts required would be too much.. Shame to see a bikes life end

[dazza]

Met up with some local lads and rode some fantastic byways to Glider café at Charing for some breakfast. A 20 strong contingent of the Kent greenlaners turned up looking and sounding like a Mad Max movie. A good start to Fathers day and only one little off when my front washed out over some tree roots. Managed to pick it up and remount before the others came round the corner and rip the piss out of me. Had to own up to it though when I needed to borrow an allen key to retighten my handguard 

[Grandma]

Met up with some local lads and rode some fantastic byways to Glider café at Charing for some breakfast. A 20 strong contingent of the Kent greenlaners turned up looking and sounding like a Mad Max movie. A good start to Fathers day and only one little off when my front washed out over some tree roots. Managed to pick it up and remount before the others came round the corner and rip the piss out of me. Had to own up to it though when I needed to borrow an allen key to retighten my handguard 

That looks a lot of fun, not sure how my knees would cope with that lol

[esetest]

went to Weston bike night on the Guzzi , good crowd tonight .

[riedrider]

Did some disassembly on my BMW.



The initial reason was to replace the pushrod seals. But the last series of airheads suffer from some poor quality.
So I checked the weak points such as pitted cam followers and the "pin of horror" 
One cam follower was a little bit worn (no pitting) so I will replace it.
But the "pin of horror" is still in place. And this are good news. This part got its name in the German airhead forum because if it is missing it can cause a complete enginge breakdown or at least a complicated strip down to reinstall it.
This pin fixes the position of the front bearing of the crankshaft. It is caulked in the housing. But this caulking was done more or less carefully so it can fall out and you might find it in the oil pan.....
Often nothing happens but the front bearing can move and then the complete oil circuit gets blocked with all consequences 

[unfazed]

Hence the name BMW  Bit More Work