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« on: 05 April 2014, 05:47:44 pm »
will any year 600 or 1000 pillion hangers fit? which ones should i be searching for?
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« on: 04 April 2014, 09:21:55 pm »
rode to work...then again home on my break...then back to work....then home again .......looked at her and enjoying her looking shiny and promising myself i will keep her as clean haha...see if it lasts...
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« on: 04 April 2014, 08:57:52 pm »
thank you kindly sir...noted.. 
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« on: 04 April 2014, 08:30:03 pm »
thanks for the replies, i was planning the coast route down to pembroke dock. i haven't done any touring before (the few hundred miles in a sitting has been occasions to see friends) so i guess i need to hear the usual gubbins if you wouldn't mind....i guess this trip for me is about seeing different places, test the waters see how many miles i can do two up, won't have big panniers, just throwovers for now, top box and tank bag and just generally get some experience...
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« on: 03 April 2014, 11:04:29 pm »
i have a trip planned roughly covering 1000 miles over 5 nights in cheap travel lodges, it will be my first tour of that amount of miles ever on any bike and i am wondering if anyone has any hints or tips on anything to do with touring or places to do or see en route or evenanswer, am i going to be comfortable two up with tank bag, throwovers for long periods in the saddle on my 600 ?.... i will be going from bridlington to kendal on day one, overnight stay in kendal, another day and night in kendal then on to north wales where i will be staying one night in bangor and then heading down to pembroke dock for one night and then merthyr tydfil for my last night and then home which ever route i decide (i am thinking across towards skeg coast and up back home) thoughts or ideas welcome.. btw i have done a few hundred miles in a sitting on several occasions so have some experience of aches that come with the territory just not on this bike thanks in advance peeps 
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« on: 03 April 2014, 10:34:18 pm »
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« on: 03 April 2014, 09:12:34 pm »
thank you very much kind helpful chris, i managed to pm him... thanks for the info
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« on: 03 April 2014, 09:05:17 pm »
cheers....how do i pm him? so does this mean the pillions legs would be further down and towards riders pegs? helping reduce the cramped up seating position?
i aren't always so stupid, just on days ending in 'y'
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:59:10 pm »
agreed 
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:45:35 pm »
is it possible to somehow lower the pillion pegs?
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:40:37 pm »
i know nothing about where the cables should be...but i appreciate your eye being caught...as for the levers, i fancied the shorter ones but figured it would take twice as much effort to pull them given their lack of leverage, so stuck to what i knew, which aint much...
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:33:24 pm »
good, i just joined the naughty corner too haha
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:27:45 pm »
i happen to have given the lawnmower away long before i moved to this gaff...good job really as i heard gravel chews the blades right up... i hate gardening so come and do your girl thing with them if that is what does it for you... i will video it and make some money, sure there will be someone out there who gets off on that sorta thing
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:21:01 pm »
the fog lights are bolted underneath the front fairing and they were great when they worked, except the guy who owned the bike previously put them on and his wiring skills were clearly not as great as he my have thought, sure they worked for a bit but they got water in so i drilled hole int bottoms to allow the water to drain but they still don't work. i don't know how to take them off hence them still being there.
thank you so much all for the information on fuel. great to know, thank you.
i guess the only mods (are these even mods?):
renthals
fog lights that don't work - you can have them if you take them off haha
rear hugger
braided hoses front and rear
micron
and i bought adjustable levers (bought thundercat ones and then just bought a thundercat clutch perch...the reason for this being i couldn't find any fazer adjustables)
not many mods if they even are mods...
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:07:31 pm »
do elaborate on the throttle cable comment...haven't quite mastered mind reading and the top box is bolted in, for now haha but thanks for the heads up fizzy pie, much appreciated, although i would laugh hard if mine overtook me, maybe not so hard if my eggs in it... then again yer i would .... and i am pinned to the members map in sunny east yorkshire
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« on: 03 April 2014, 08:01:54 pm »
micron sounds good you're right! i love the micron i just don't think the white haired warriors who live near me do at 6am but hey ho...
anyway apparently the guy i bought it off had it 'jetted' or tuned (is this right?) to take a more race can? he kept that and sold it with the micron and didn't recommend putting the standard can back on as it would run rich. all i wanted to know was what that meant in terms of drinking juice as she is used mainly for work. she seems ok on juice.
that leads me to my first question is (is this even the right spot on here to ask...?) does anyone know how many miles these babies will do to a full tank. i don't work in miles per gallon or litres (foreign to me) i just fill her up and run her til there is no more juice, however this is my first bike where i haven't run her dry as the fuel gauge seems a little unreliable. is this just me or is it across the board?
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:45:25 pm »
stories about ? girl stuff haha
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:41:03 pm »
more pics
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:38:31 pm »
first clean in weeks yesterday, she isn't always so shiny 
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:35:26 pm »
bear with as i negotiate the controls to successfully add pics...cracked it...not as green as i am cabbage looking after all 
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:31:24 pm »
pics...
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« on: 03 April 2014, 07:24:01 pm »
Hi all,
New here to the forum. My name is Roxy, I ride a 1999 600 in cherry red and black, she is lovely. When i aren't on my bike i drive buses for a living. I have been riding for 5 years with no break in between (i should think not) never owned a car, never want to. I ride in all weathers all year round, they don't call me power ranger roxy, come out in my new season gear for, well summer, then go into hiding. Nope, i brave the winters with the rest of them, wish i had more insulation sometimes but when spring finally arrives winter seems so far behind us. Joined the site in case i ever need any advice, tips, info etc and of course to check out everyone else's ride...
I have uploaded one pic so far to the media area of the site. I hope i can be initiated now...
Be safe,
Roxy
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