I picked up a lowered seat froma chap on this forum. Basically just a standard seat, with the covering peeled back, foam trimmed down, then covering restapled down. Went this route, as I wanted to share the bike with my wife, whose quite a bit shorter than me (only 5'1 3/4"). The seat is a quick swap, and knocks about an inch or two off the height. Why don't you just get a spare seat off ebay and customise it yourself.

Check out ebay.it. Managed to get a brand new Givi one (340F) and monokey plate (M3) for £65 delivered. Loads of shops on there stocking it, some will post to UK, others won't, just send them all messages. Mine was from an ebay shop called 'Motopui'. Most of them speak enough English, so no worries there. And don't worry about duty/vat, being in the EU there's no hidden costs. Either way, it beats many of the crazy prices they go for second hand on ebay over here. When I was looking, most ended early before I could even bid, guessing someone just offered them cash up front. Plus buying new, there's no worries about all the bolts and stuff being included.

Otherwise, just order the bars (340F) from Italy, then source the M3 plate locally, as this is pretty common and fits many different bikes. Just make sure it comes with the silver metal brackets to fasten it to top of bars. I then picked up a second hand box local off ebay uk. Got an old E50 Maxia one for £57 quid.

All sorted.


Though I can't get one of the plastic half screw clips back in, as the rack is now in the way. The other one was missing!


When bolting the M3 plate to the arms, I had to squeeze the arms together a bit, they were a little too far apart to match the holes on the rack. Bit tricky really. Is this normal? Have I fitted it right?!

Just top rack. Givi 340F on a Foxeye Fazer.
http://www.givi.co.uk/attachfile/content/prodotti_regionali_uk/20851/0.0.1.man_340f.pdf

Can definitely recommend heated gloves. Just picked up a nice pair of Gerbing's in a recent VisorDown power buy at £100!

Cabling is a bit of a faff, threading it through your coat, plugging them in etc. But damned the're nice. Lovely and warm. Other night I had to go half way round North Circular and out into Essex, around 10/11pm and it was just a couple of degrees above freezing, loads of wind chill. Hands were lovely and warm. Was an enjoyable ride, rather than a grit your teeth get home fast affair.

Did get a spot of cool ness coming through if I clenched my fingers around the grips (rather than more forward over levers), but the heating elements compensated fine. Guess more surface area for wind to chill. But it was great, to get home and not have to lock and cover bike up with numb fingers...

The same restriction has been in place in Switzerland for a few years too.

Look up a little app called: POIWarner. Its a wee 3rd party app, that can run on most stanavs, alongside the existing nav software. It was it's own DB of speed cams, which you update via a subscription to someone like navigating.de or POIhandler.com. This will be an EU wide DB of cameras. Te app, just shares the GPS device on the satnav and pops up its own overlay box with speed cam warnings etc. Best bit though, is the POI warner app, has a 'panic' button which you can press, which will cause it to wipe itself and the POI database off the sat nav. Cunning.

Yep, had my confirmation email. No indication of expected delivery date mind. Be nice if they turned up today/tomorrow, ready for Monday morning.

Totally shit. I went with the RAC for insurance this time (best price...), glad I didn't opt for their recovery when they tried the up sell. I guess its tough to know who to go with as they all farm some of their recovery to 3rd parties...

Another powerbuy just kicked off for some toasty Gerbing's heated gloves:

http://www.buyapowa.com/ref/pJKg0g

Quote from: ghostbiker on 21 October 2012, 04:43:23 pm

Acf 50 treatment

when i bought my bike ,the engine had been treated with acf 50 ,but after riding it for 5 mins the smell put me off using the acf 50
does anyone else find this ?

Have heard other stories of this and big clouds of smoke etc. However, I had nothing of the sort when I recently sprayed down mine. Dunno if its down to how soon afterwards you get on the thing or not. I did mine on a Saturday, then didn't take it out until the Monday. YMMV.


Another tip I was told, was give the bike a regular clean, to wash off crud and salt, but importantly, use cold water. Apparently hot water can increase the rust process. And don't use a pressure washer, it just forces water into places where it won't dry.

Looking to stick a top box on me Fazer (2003 FZS600). Preferably the Givi Monorack + Monokey stuff. This stuff cost a fortune new!


I believe I need:-

• [size=78%]Givi 340F Monorack arms[/size]
• [size=78%]Givi M3 plate[/size]
• [size=78%]and of course a Givi Monokey top box.[/size]

Anyone got any of that going spare?

Think they usually come round every couple of weeks or so. I like the idea of heated gloves, just not sure about faff plugging them in.

Down to £70 quid now. No excuses, jump in and grab a pair!