Quote from: youngsterbiker on 15 December 2014, 07:56:57 pmRode her for the first time. OH and put a santa hat on the back. want to be festive and whatnot.Ah a nice fast silver one, the best.
Rode her for the first time. OH and put a santa hat on the back. want to be festive and whatnot.
Quote from: Skippernick on 15 December 2014, 08:23:49 pmQuote from: youngsterbiker on 15 December 2014, 07:56:57 pmRode her for the first time. OH and put a santa hat on the back. want to be festive and whatnot.Ah a nice fast silver one, the best.Ah but if he was a fast rider silver would be better.Everyone knows red is the fastest, why do you think Noggy bought a red fazer and scrapped the silver one
Picture doesent show it but its actually blue....
Dropped it again Coming out of the work car park, turning right and the front just slipped as if it was on ice, didn't even accelerate particularly fast and off it went sliding down the road leaving me behind.The crash bungs did their job again and mostly protected the fairing. Tank is fine, brake lever is scratched up and bent, bar end is missing a nice chunk and the exhaust took more of a beating this time
Quote from: youngsterbiker on 15 December 2014, 09:55:31 pmPicture doesent show it but its actually blue....Sorry........even slower...........put the shovel down
Quote from: noggythenog on 15 December 2014, 10:33:33 pmQuote from: youngsterbiker on 15 December 2014, 09:55:31 pmPicture doesent show it but its actually blue....Sorry........even slower...........put the shovel down Plenty for a novice 21 year old :PI wanted slow blue so i could control it.....
took off the stuff to get to the camshafts and measured the clearances, all okay, bar 4 exhaust gaps. will pull the camshaft off tomorrow and start sourcing shims, gaskets, coolant etc. also order block off plates, so i can ditch the AIS.
Applied the brakes going down hill after some rain, felt front wheel go, stuck a big left hoof out, let go of brake and prayed. Some poo came out, I somehow stayed up, reapplied the brake in micrometer increments and stopped all in one piece with the shiny side still somehow up. I have a few pints to buy my guardian angel whenever I meet him / her that's for sure. Only riding the bike to work at the moment because an ankle injury is stopping me cycling....
Never happened to me before, I locked the rear a few times on my old bikes but never a front. It was in a dark part of the road at night and when I looked back it looked like there was some sort of shimmer in the road like some spilt oil or diesel was down but hard to see. I'm glad you saved it too though! I wouldn't want to pull stunts like that on something heavier than a 600. I also saved a nasty high side last year coming off a roundabout in the wet with my dad following, he came past after shaking his head with the "lucky sod... well played don't do it again" look. Traction control, ABS etc. just weighs you down!
I have a few pints to buy my guardian angel whenever I meet him / her that's for sure.
Quote from: Dead Eye on 16 December 2014, 03:47:23 pmDropped it again Coming out of the work car park, turning right and the front just slipped as if it was on ice, didn't even accelerate particularly fast and off it went sliding down the road leaving me behind.The crash bungs did their job again and mostly protected the fairing. Tank is fine, brake lever is scratched up and bent, bar end is missing a nice chunk and the exhaust took more of a beating this time Was there frost on the tyre by any chance?