well weather in southern Scotland aint great tomorrow but Im still tempted to take a wee run up to the Green Wellie (Tydrum, Highland) or thereabouts.. no had a decent pleasure run on the Thou yet, its all been commuting miles so far mostly
 
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Get them in camping shops too.. Stuff sacks... Usually waterproof vinyl woth a velcro closing and buckles.. Used them in the past.. Pretty good

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or you can always wait on the next 70's revival and buy some platforms 
 
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Gonna hafta say the Tapatalk apps great for accessing this forum..
Depends on what your gonna use your phone for.. On mines i do banking. Ebay. Books. Spreadsheets. Internet radio. Gps. In fact everything except phone O0..
Basically treat it as a hand held computer.. Even got the workshop manual on here too

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Cant say ive tried stripper on tape so no sure of the results..
I just used a rubber block with sandpaper on my bandit wheels.. Get the inside  edge done first then work your way to the rim..
 polish up with varying grades of wet n dry then the autosol.. Could also use a wire brush cup on the end of a drill but finosh with the wet n dry and autosol.
If you do take too much paint off just mask and repaint..

Sorted..

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Ive had several, usually while standing still..
 
Worst one.. on a tour with a group of mates up the Highlands, I had a 600 Bandit at the time with a wing rack.. As onme of the guys was taking a pillion I offered to strap his tent and sleeeping bag on the back seat of my already overladen machine..
Stopping at Callender for a cuppa we all decided to part in a big line in the car park. Now this car park was partly on a slight hill.. as I was one of the last to arrive I opted to park on the downhill section at the end of the line.. pulls the bike up and paddles back into the end of the line with everyone else on my right everything felt good. with all the weight present I carefully put the bike on the sidestand. It felt secure so lifted the bum out the seat only to have the bike start to fall to the left due to the sudden weight transfer..
I tried to hold it up by putting my hand one the end of the bar but the weight took it right over.. The boxes saved most of the damage happening but I did end up getting pinned to the ground by my hand with the end of the bar..
It took 3 of my mates to lift the thing back up and move it to a flatter area.. lesson learned and a bit embarrassed.. couple of scrapes and a bent lever I got off light.. No-one wanted me parking next to them the whole of the trip after that..
 
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I bought one of these - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Poseidon-HT10-Waterproof-720P-HD-Sports-Action-camera-/110682638808?pt=Camcorders_Professional_Video_Cameras&hash=item19c53309d8 for the bike.. you can mount it to a helmet but i ended up tank mounting it.. the kit had loads of different mounts for helmets, dash etc
you can see a short test shot here -

camera test.wmv

I did contenplate selling mines as Ive only used it twice and I dont have the vfr anymore..got a few extras - spare batterys and a bigger memory card too (11 hours video recording (32gb)..
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HD..
The shops over 200 miles away so its no worth travelling all that way to get a hob dobe that i can do myself..
Other than that the bikes been great..

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Had the bike a week now..
Some good miles driving it home and used it on friday for the 70 mile round trip to work with no problems.. Washed it during the lunch break as it was a wet trip up but dry home.

Sunday morning run planned so walks it backwards out the garage onto the road.. Felt a little stiff, brakes binding a little. Thought the 3 miles to meet the mates would loosen it up... It didnt.. In fact it got tighter.
Decided to pop into the local halfords for some brake cleaner. When i got off the bike noticed the back tyre was kinda soft.. Puctured with a bit of windscreen glass bugger.
Got the brakes loosened off a little but no perfect. Still feel a slight drag.. Strip in order when im home.
Fixed the puncture with one of those plug kits and decided to drive the 35 miles to edinburgh to one of the dealers for a better repair or replacement.
A slow trip later i gets there to find the workshop aint open.. Phoned two other dealers with no luck so back home..
Went to take the front wheel off and it needs a special tool.. Dont have it..

Not a giod day at all... Severely ticked off..

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I need one too for my Gen 1 thou.. 
 
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Pack yer thermals and waterproofs then. If yer lucky it will get into the teens Celcius.

if theres no ice forming on the front of my nose its warm enough     definately looking better in the east than west though.. was tempted to head up by the Falls of Dochart.. if it aint as nice then across to berwick on Tweed/ Seahouses are I think.. chippys great down there
 
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ricksmith..
you gotta pic of the mounting points for the rack you require.. I think Ive a foxeye version rack for the 600.. dunno if the fittings are the same or not though..
 
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Hey all quick question..
Having trouble getting a rack at a decent frice for my gen 1 1000.

Came across the Shad rack arms on ebay and wondered if anyone has one and can tell me if theyre any good.. Also does the old flat style givi plates fit them..

Givi arms just seem to be too expensive at the minute

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