06-01-12, 05:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-01-12, 05:29 PM by Falcon 269.)
Went on a lovely ride along the coast today (sorry, 25c and sunny - had to be done  ) and reprised a photo shoot I did back in Jan 2006. There's been more than a few changes to the old girl over the years since we moved to Spain and since I first got her back in 2002.
From this:
![[Image: Mazarron.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/Mazarron.jpg)
To this:
![[Image: NewBars1.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/NewBars1.jpg)
Followed by this:
![[Image: NewYearsEve2006028.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/NewYearsEve2006028.jpg)
And this:
![[Image: P1070758.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/P1070758.jpg)
To arrive today at this:
![[Image: 06012012070.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/My%20Fazer/06012012070.jpg)
![[Image: 06012012068.jpg]](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a111/GTX123/My%20Fazer/06012012068.jpg)
Almost ten years old, 44k miles on the clock (yeah, must try harder :lol ) and she runs and rides better now than ever before.
Which is nice. 
So wheres the one of you looking older :lol
love the disc's mike looks good
So unfair, I bet you didn't need heated gloves on your ride!
Looking good, Mike! I think I'll have to look into some USD forks for mine when the money's available, and some wavey discs, and some colour matching and some.....
Liking the R6 shock, too, Luke. First impressions are good. Supple and controlled. Not as firmly sprung as my Ohlins, which is over-sprung for my weight. I specified a stiffer spring thinking the Soup Dragon would be coming aboard as self-loading baggage, but that never happens. Probably as well - my kidneys couldn't cope with the constant thumping at 50 mph and above.
Heated gloves? Err, no ... vented leathers, in fact. But it was unusually warm today.
Palm tree in front of the boat is a bit taller.
Are those LSL rearsets fitted? They look very similar to one I have fitted on my XJR1200.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad
Glad you like it mike been a very good mod it is now international as i have just sent two to singapore 85 quid shipping :eek
(06-01-12, 10:02 PM)Kosmic Kartman link Wrote: Palm tree in front of the boat is a bit taller.
Are those LSL rearsets fitted? They look very similar to one I have fitted on my XJR1200.
Lucky the palm is still there. Thousands have been destroyed in the last few years by a red weevil. 
Good spot on the LSLs. 
Such a nice bike Mike...
Good series of photo's too...
Wishing for some sunshine here in chilly UK...
Mike... what style belly pan is that? as i am looking for one now for mine... and that one doesn't look to pointy toward the front wheel like other i have seen...
Colin
lovely bike mike....wished mine looked that good.
131k now on mine and seems to be going better than ever...i am certainly enjoying just as much riding it now as day 1 maybe even more.
imho best bike i have ever owned and definitely the best all rounder as if you spend a few quid on the suspension it really is a SPORTS TOURER as it does both jobs so well.
But when are you going to paint the air box side covers? :lol
Plastikote silver is a perfect match
Then it will be finished.........................probably, or maybe not :b
Looks good though, 1 year newer than mine, same colour ( fastest blue ) 15k miles more and mine
looks like I've ridden through a swamp!!
Must wash it tomorrow :eek
Its better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake.
You know i was expecting to see a massive hotel in the 2nd photo and the bike still the same, just goes to show what good bikes they are
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The belly pan is from MBD in Germany. http://www.mbd-superbike.de Website was down when I checked just before posting but try again later. Also, check out German ebay as that's where I got mine in the first instance.
The airbox side covers are staying black. Or maybe carbon. Or then again, I might just get suckered into fitting pod filters for the hell of it. :lol
It never really ends, does it?
I think carbon rad guards and air box covers would finish her off nicely Lovely looking bike
If it's broken, it's not fixed.
Looks like a lovely sweeper of a corner aswell. Slightly off camber.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad
Very nice mike and only the blue ones look the fastest.
Now i note from the last pic ! your using clear fluid pipe on the master cylinder so pressume your setup is without res container because like yourself i have the LSL sets and i note they sit slightly higher, so did you have probs with the stock res container and pipe!! when you fitted the lsl sets, i myself have moved the res as far up as possible but i do think it sits slightly low in conjunction with the position of the lsl sets and as ive put no miles on it id rather dress the problem if there is going to be one before i do use it.
Dave
Good spot, Dave.
It's a genuine HRC brake fluid pipe, the sort used on race bikes. Simply a green tube but holds enough fluid to do the job. I fitted it because the mounting bracket on the TCP undertray for the original reservoir fractured.
Nothing to do with the LSL rearsets, just that the moulded-in bracket wasn't gutsy enough.
Ad, that nice curve is a full 360 degrees, mate. Most roundabouts - even Spanish ones - are like that. :lol
12 years old with only 44k miles? you need to get out more
How fick am I?
I thought whats the chances of the same fishing boat being moored in the same place years apart :lol
(09-01-12, 02:40 PM)GringoRojo link Wrote: 12 years old with only 44k miles? you need to get out more
' Bought back in 2002' ... someone needs to stay in more and work on their sums. :lol
I am getting out more, though ... it's just sharing the miles with the R1 that's the problem now.
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