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Offline Rallymad

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6520 on: February 22, 2016, 19:07:35 »
Fuel Diablo carbon Exhaust fitted, OE was a bit of a bugger to get off nice piece of kit well made.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6521 on: February 22, 2016, 19:21:44 »
@Hondaman
Bought the '04 that you can see in my pic to get me back into biking as my old man was hinting his RT 1200 would be coming my way soon. He's 82 and a very fair weather biker now. Thought it would be the ideal bike to abuse through the winter then pass on without losing too much when the RT came my way.
Thing is, I've enjoyed it so much that I'm not bothered about getting the RT now. But the one I've just sold is really tired and needs some money spending on it so I thought I'd spend the money on an upgraded strom instead.
Bought one on an '11 plate with 18k on the clock. It's got an extenda mudguard, crash bars, belly pan, an oiler and a deflector screen. Put my own top box on it and now I'm ready to go. Post some pics later, mebbe.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6522 on: February 22, 2016, 19:31:30 »
Pics please, JonJo!
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6523 on: February 22, 2016, 20:04:28 »
Oh, it's got a shiny gpr can on it too.
Took the hugger off my old one and tried to fit it on the new one but the rear brake pipe is housed in some channeling on the swing arm that stops me from getting the RH clamp in place.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6524 on: February 22, 2016, 22:10:51 »
Fitted a Pyramid mudguard extenda... trickier than it looked.
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Offline CymruGlenn

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6525 on: February 23, 2016, 09:05:35 »
Fitted a Cosmo GPS holder :fix:.
Also with the help of the good folks on here I located the Meta alarm LED in the rear light cluster.
Had to get my teenage son out of his hovel :icon_batterup:, I mean bedroom to come and count the flashes whilst I recoded the alarm so I now have a spare working fob!!
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6526 on: February 23, 2016, 13:48:24 »
@TallPaul, Here's a pic of my new bike.



Guess it belonged to someone on here as it has a couple of vstrom owners club uk stickers on it. It's so much smoother than the one I just sold.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6527 on: February 23, 2016, 17:27:11 »
Cleaned it! scrubbed it down...lubed the chain, want to tighten it but no paddock stand and no centre stand so.... :angry-banghead:

Bought myself a tank bag, got the 15L Givi tank lock bag. Fitting was easy, bag is great. Confirmed I'm a clumsy heavy handed gorilla by stripping all 4 of the heads on the bolts installing the BF10 Locking ring...and my only slight regret is after getting it on the bike I'm thinking I probably could have got the 20/25L bag instead without it interfering with my bars too much.
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Offline mrp192

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6528 on: February 23, 2016, 17:39:31 »
Started to fit my bling. Power bronze front mudguard extender and RG radiator guard. Both quite simple to do with the only fiddly bit being to reach in behind the rad and get the nut on the screw to hold the guard on.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6529 on: February 24, 2016, 23:35:40 »
Tried out the new snow lance and foam, may have had it too thick, used it at dinner time (12.30) still some left 23.30  lol
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6530 on: February 25, 2016, 00:05:21 »
Checked my nuts...  I was applying ACF50 earlier today when I noticed the two bolts were loose on the front brake caliper (throttle)  :shock: checked the other nuts/bolts, foot peg (brake side) also loose, tyre pressures down and scottoiler nearly empty. All fixed and about £6's worth of ACF50 applied   :fix:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6531 on: February 25, 2016, 15:19:44 »
Managed to sneak out for a short run around the  block (rural Norfolk = 35 miles of twisty A and  B  roads) on my Glee.
Pity heated grips still in the  box as quite cold and  couldn't work out how to change read out back to  clock from low temp warning on instruments.
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Offline Hondaman

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6532 on: February 25, 2016, 17:30:14 »
To toggle between clock & temp, pull in the mode selector switch & hold for a couple of seconds
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Offline mrp192

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6533 on: February 25, 2016, 19:36:40 »
Thanks for that, I couldn't make head nor tail of the handbook but I found how to put the speedo into KPH if I ever venture abroad!
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6534 on: February 25, 2016, 20:00:55 »
Met up with Chopper Harris to collect a Calsci screen for my wee. A thoroughly nice bloke. I'm now eager to fit the screen and try it out.
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Offline Yoyo

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6535 on: February 25, 2016, 21:08:56 »
Cleaned it! Spent my days off the last couple of weeks on lots of back lanes and it was pretty cruddy. I always wash the salt off but it was in need of a good clean. with more ACF50 after of course. I'm still torn about changing to an S10, I'm full fuss to do it then I ride it and wonder what I'm doing, you can buy a lot of fuel and tyres for the price of a new bike!

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Offline russelc

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6536 on: February 26, 2016, 16:43:57 »
Took my k8 back to dealer to have forks re-chromed and new front tyre fitted all on the warranty a most excellent service  :lala: gave me a 650 versys to go home on didn't like that !
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Offline ms666

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6537 on: February 26, 2016, 17:41:49 »
Fitted Kappa Airstream screen. What a difference!
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Offline Joe Rocket

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6538 on: February 26, 2016, 20:06:33 »
Rode down to Vannes for a 10k service. parted with 230€ for 2 hrs work for 1.5 hrs actually spent so I pressume they rushed the checks on tightening this and that. They changed the spark plugs without moving the radiator forward, is that possible (not gone that far on my new bike)?

New Alpinestars jacket for Mrs Rocket and some light TCX boots for me for the Summer saw the morning's bill double!  :roll:

Evening meal: steak-frites with Rochefort cheese sauce and a bottle of Marmandais wine........  :thumb:

Wish you were here........  :whistle:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6539 on: February 26, 2016, 22:44:08 »
Well I was told they could change the plugs without removing the tank...  :whistle:


Rode to Sheffield. Discovered my horn and indicators didn't work on the way down, however they were working on the way home. Really need to open the housing and clean the connectors.

Also managed to unplug my heated jacket on the M1 when trying to turn the down. Was bleeding cold it was  :old:
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