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Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - nickodemon - 09-06-15
(09-06-15, 10:52 PM)downey link Wrote: comfortable id call it but lacking in the grin factor though,i was just glad to have something to get out in the rare irish sunshineSunshine in Ireland! :eek Must be like Scotland where i reside :lol
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - esetest - 10-06-15
Due to parts not arriving , I had a free afternoon , so took the Guzzi to WSM , got chatting to a ZZR owner called Phil who was admiring the little Guzzi , very nice chap .
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - Dead Eye - 10-06-15
Quick little blat around my area in the cage as it was a nice evening
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - Billy Balthorpe - 13-06-15
I just bought this to go with the Fazer and the VN800.
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![[Image: DSC_0732_1.jpg]](http://s183.photobucket.com/user/Billybalthorpe1/media/DSC_0732_1.jpg.html)
I am one happy bunny, and ive never seen the wife so excited to see a bike ive just bought, the FZR1000 was the bike I had when I met her and the first bike she ever went on.
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - nickodemon - 13-06-15
Very Nice :thumbup
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - unfazed - 13-06-15
Spent 2 hours trying to find a rattle on the Mazda which was driving both my wife and I mad for the last few weeks.
It sounded like someone rolling a mineral can down the road.
Finally discovered after lifting the carpet by the drivers seat that an AA battery had managed to get under the carpet through the opening for the heater to the rear and was rolling around intermittently :woot
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - dazza - 13-06-15
Took the DRZ along the Pilgrims Way and stumbled across this fella. Apparently the locals call him Percival.
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - nickodemon - 13-06-15
Fitted lightech chain adjusters to my tuono v4
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - noggythenog - 13-06-15
Billy Balthorpe.....that FZR looks minted, must've cost you a fortune......anyway they are before my time a bit but i do like them and i sat on the 750 version which was surprisingly comfortable....my limited understanding is that this 1000 was crammed into the same 750 frame.
Anyway...my question is this....ok they look cool but how does it handle when it matters....have you done a y hard cornering yet & how would it compare in that department against the fazer?
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - riedrider - 13-06-15
Last year I fitted a BSM Future exhaust to my 1994 NTV because it is made of stainless steel and the sound ist better
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But midrange torque was not so good as with the original exhaust.
Today I changed the main jets in the carbs and the top cover of the air cleaner housing with the parts from the 1988 model and I fitted a K&N.
Now the bike runs better than with the original exhaust and the sound is again much better :lol
And I balanced the carbs. Before balancing CO in idle was 2,2 % which is quiet good (German MOT limit is 4,5 %) and after 0,8 % 8)
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - Billy Balthorpe - 13-06-15
(13-06-15, 07:30 PM)noggythenog link Wrote: Billy Balthorpe.....that FZR looks minted, must've cost you a fortune......anyway they are before my time a bit but i do like them and i sat on the 750 version which was surprisingly comfortable....my limited understanding is that this 1000 was crammed into the same 750 frame.
Anyway...my question is this....ok they look cool but how does it handle when it matters....have you done a y hard cornering yet & how would it compare in that department against the fazer?
I had one in '98. My first track day at Donington 12 months later, 2nd lap, old hairpin, knee down no problem. From then on it got a bit silly, top end of the intermediate group, taking on just about everyone I could catch, on an 11 year old bike!! The harder you push these things the better the front end feels, the only niggle is the 18" rear wheel. They do need a bit of planning and commitment to REALLY hustle them, but it can be done.
Don't know how it compares to a Fazer, although I have one, I haven't had a chance to ride it yet, im still trying to get it so I CAN ride it. Hoping desperately that a guy sends Devilsyam a stolen recovered Gen 1 next week with a good set of downpipes and exup valve.
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - Anquetil - 14-06-15
50 miles before dinner on my Dolan training bike in the Shropshire lanes. Watched Moto Gp after.
A biker in his 50's has been seriously injured at 10-30am this morning after a collision with a car on the A494 between Bala and Dolgellau. He has been airlifted to Stoke. Road still closed at 3pm
My thoughts are with his family. Hope that he survives and recovers.
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - nickodemon - 14-06-15
Started the strip down of this sorry state of a bike. Waiting on a fuel filter arriving. It needs a clutch cable and speedo cable, but i don't want to buy anything yet until i can get the engine running correctly.... Water also in the headlight :wall . Glued the indicator lens back together, washed the air filter and oiled. On my versys i fitted a rear brake hose (green sleeving)
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - esetest - 20-06-15
Took the Guzzi out for a spin down to cheddar , up through the gorge , down through Burrington , Blagdon , Bishop Sutton , pass Chew Valley lake , over Dundry and home , needed that , lately too much work and not enough play .
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - nickodemon - 20-06-15
Gpx engine is goosed so selling the parts as fixing and the cost of parts required would be too much.. Shame to see a bikes life end :\
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - dazza - 21-06-15
Met up with some local lads and rode some fantastic byways to Glider café at Charing for some breakfast. A 20 strong contingent of the Kent greenlaners turned up looking and sounding like a Mad Max movie. A good start to Fathers day and only one little off when my front washed out over some tree roots. Managed to pick it up and remount before the others came round the corner and rip the piss out of me.
Had to own up to it though when I needed to borrow an allen key to retighten my handguard :o
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - Grandma - 22-06-15
(21-06-15, 03:38 PM)dazza link Wrote: Met up with some local lads and rode some fantastic byways to Glider café at Charing for some breakfast. A 20 strong contingent of the Kent greenlaners turned up looking and sounding like a Mad Max movie. A good start to Fathers day and only one little off when my front washed out over some tree roots. Managed to pick it up and remount before the others came round the corner and rip the piss out of me.That looks a lot of fun, not sure how my knees would cope with that lol
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - esetest - 25-06-15
went to Weston bike night on the Guzzi , good crowd tonight .
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - riedrider - 28-06-15
Did some disassembly on my BMW.
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The initial reason was to replace the pushrod seals. But the last series of airheads suffer from some poor quality.
So I checked the weak points such as pitted cam followers and the "pin of horror"
One cam follower was a little bit worn (no pitting) so I will replace it.
But the "pin of horror" is still in place. And this are good news. This part got its name in the German airhead forum because if it is missing it can cause a complete enginge breakdown or at least a complicated strip down to reinstall it.
This pin fixes the position of the front bearing of the crankshaft. It is caulked in the housing. But this caulking was done more or less carefully so it can fall out and you might find it in the oil pan.....
Often nothing happens but the front bearing can move and then the complete oil circuit gets blocked with all consequences :eek
Re: What did you do with whatever else you've got? - unfazed - 28-06-15
Hence the name BMW Bit More Work :lol :lol