Hi, new here, thanks for admitting me, got bike at weekend, great bike ticks every box I had for a nimble fun commuter with comfy seating and a bit of fairing.


It did try and kill me yesterday in a Stephen King Christine moment, pulled it outside garage, started it on choke and roller shutter didn’t close properly behind. Tried a few times then went inside and fiddled then big electrical bang door open just to height of exhaust outside by now doing about 3k rpm enthusiastically filling garage, ran around MacGyver like to steal a fuse off something, still couldn’t work it then got trolley jack under door enough to crawl out. First bike I’ve had with carb and choke and no catalyst. Anyway still here, won’t take it personally.


I was looking at Ivan kit. It’s not short of power (and I’m used to a K1300S) but having smoother lower down would be good, particularly for the tedious London revenue zones. Does he still make it. Is it worth getting in US, headed there in a month.how much time and cursing and inadvertently buggering things up with stuck jets etc is involved for someone with above mentioned affinity for Sod’s Law to step in whenever doing a seemingly simple mechanical task.


Is there anyone who will do the job reliably for a reasonable fee - I’m in Kent.


Also thinking of adding a healtech quickshifter. Gearbox is great and can shift smoothly without clutch with just a tiny dip of throttle so thinking perfect for qs, love it on my K1300S. Saw a video of install seems simple. Any thoughts for or against?


Thanks for any input.