On a similar vein to the insurance issues...we are with Scottish Power for gas & elec. and our elec meter recently went mad so my wife rang them to sort out the readings...after this was done she asked if they could offer us a better deal, less than two minutes later he comes back with, "how about £30 pm less ?".Why the f..k couldn't they do this in the first place ? moral of the tale..question every bill these days ,these people are doing as they please.
Greg

Those buggers are even more clever than the insurance companies.
They reduce your monthly direct debit but then you start running up a bill because you are not paying enough to cover the costs of what you use so then they send you a huge bill at the end of the year.

Thats disgusting man, how dare you post such filth!

I have a D30 one in my Held Jacket. It is like this one but I did not buy it here
http://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/?ObjectPath=/Shops/10207048/Products/Held-D30-Back-Protector/SubProducts/Held-D30-Back-Protector-0002&Currency=GBP&Locale=en_GB&utm_source=Portalexport&utm_medium=GoogleShopping&utm_term=Held%20D30%20Back%20Protector&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping_GB
It molds around me very nicely as it gets warm and is very light.


There are good reviews on D30 kit but thankfully I have not tested mine properly yet.

Thanks for the info Slappy.
I ordered the 359 and they arrived today. Fitted like a dream.
Only problem is that the arms are touching the indicators and the number plate because of my tail tidy.
I will fit a few washers on the tail tidy bracket to drop it by a few mm and then redrill the number plate to shift that down a nit further but otherwise its all good.

I am looking to install a top ox rack on my 08 FZ1 but I am a little confused with Givi part numbers.
There are two numbers that I have found and they both look the same and are the same price.


Can anyone tell me the difference between a 365FZ and a 359FZ??


This is the 359
http://www.motorcycleplanet.co.uk/images_products/givi/givi_359FZ_monorack_arms.jpg




And this is the 365
http://www.motorcycleplanet.co.uk/images_products/givi/givi_365FZ_monorack_arms.jpg

I thinks slims comment wins as well
My [size=78%]appologies for the seismic, you are right it could well be a man under the ridiculous wrappe[/size][/size]e[size=78%]

I used on on the kids when they were small.
Dont know what its like on helmets or grown ups..


Maybe remove the linings and give them a run through the washing machine?
Most likely due to heat at the moment though.

Can you do these for a gen 2?
If so I could be interested.

Today I fitted some new bits to make things a bit more to my taste.

First up was a new tail tidy, I don't like the look of the OEM one so it had to come off, I fitted a new or from Evotech performance and it is a nice bit of kit.
It is not the easiest job as the whole back end has to come off to get at the wiring and run the new stuff in.
The new one comes with an LED number plate light and all of the hardware to fit it.
it took about two hours all told but I think it was time we'll spent and I am much happier with the look now.

Next up was changing the levers, I have gone for the black, long folding levers with black adjusters, they came with red and the black was a no cost extra.
This was a 30 minute job and would have been much quicker if I had not dropped one of the ball bearings when I was changing the adjusters over.
Bonus is now I have a clutch adjust as well

The rear before


During and after


The levers before


And after

I went for  ride out with a mate on his Versys and had a fine day dodging showers in Lincolnshire.
I started off from Leicester and headed to Sleaford for the meet up, from there we bobbed around generally eastwards towards Mablethorpe for chips at the seaside.

On the way back we passed through Alford and stopped of at Evotech Performance to pick up a tail tidy and new CNC folding levers, I don't know if I am allowed to promote a company that I like but have no affiliation so delete if necessary, but Evotech (evotech-performance.com) are a small manufacturing company who make really nice bits of kit in the UK, if you stop by the factory in Alford they will give you a walk round the factory floor and might even be persuaded into a decent discount!

From Alford we headed back west towards Grantaham, through Louth. Stopped at mates for a cuppa and then back to Leicester.
Really happy with the day, 200 decent miles and I averaged 41 mpg which seems reasonable enough for the type of riding we did but seriously numb bum after about 5 hours total in the saddle.

I will post up some pics of my new shiny bits when I fit them tomorrow.

Mines are just on with one bolt that goes into top of rad guard, easy install
Was contemplating puting them onto fairing somewhere but didn't fancy drilling the fairing

On my Versys I have put them on the indicators, I drilled through the stalk and ran the wires through the stalk and I think I will do the same on this one as it is easier to replace the indicator than hiding he's drilled through the fairing.

I have some white ones for the front as well but removing the fairings is a proper faff so I haven't got round to it yet.
I am planning on picking up a rad guard from Evotech performance tomorrow so I will look into fitting the lights at the same time when the fairings are all off.