Author Topic: What have you done with your V-Strom today? (Read 1395485 times)

tallpaul · « **Reply #8340 on:** June 09, 2018, 22:11:32 »

Clearly not mine but did an oil + filter change on my brother's Vee.

MartinW · « **Reply #8341 on:** June 09, 2018, 22:18:35 »

They're my sort of roads too Infidel and I found a new one today that had all that and a downhill 1:8 Gradient too

Then I got to Bibury (one of the most beautiful villages you will ever see) and the place was overrun with coachloads of Asian tourists standing in the road for photos. A bit of a contrast.

infidel · « **Reply #8342 on:** June 10, 2018, 14:45:03 »

Do share the B-number Martin - Always keen to try new ones....The more forgotten the better.

On my other bikes I'd always see the cute little country b-road and think.. nah not worth it. But aboard the mighty v-banana, I'm now turning round to go explore it.
Says a lot for this bike's capabilities. It'll go anywhere.

Wonder how long Land's end to John-o-Groats would take by b-road? At least a week.

On Topic: Lubed Chain and rode to Waterlooville via cheriton to pick up a new jacket from J&S. The B3046 Basingstoke-Alresford-Cheriton road is worth a ride on any day. Plenty of little overgrown unsigned roads to explore off it as well. Cheriton is possibly the cutetest english village there is. The B2150 to waterloovile has its moments as well.

ggreen1959 · « **Reply #8343 on:** June 13, 2018, 14:17:33 »

Fitted my lighting master switch. Kills headlights if needed whilst servicing.

ggreen1959 · « **Reply #8344 on:** June 13, 2018, 14:26:00 »

The switch

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #8345 on:** June 13, 2018, 19:12:14 »

Rode back to Bootle for work & saw the mileage hit 41,000 miles

I really ought to take time to look for decent roads in the area given I keep having to come over to Bootle...

500mg · « **Reply #8346 on:** June 13, 2018, 20:00:41 »

Ordered a Palmer adjustable bracket to try with the Givi Airflow.
If that doesn't work.....not sure what next

King Orry · « **Reply #8347 on:** June 15, 2018, 18:41:40 »

Oil & filter change, did the filter again too as Wemoto had the Hello Flo one’s for £4 t’other week.
Just under 4000 miles since the last change, & the old stuff looked pretty good I thought.
‘Bodged’ the funnel from a plastic bottle to ease draining through the belly pan

king1 · « **Reply #8348 on:** June 15, 2018, 23:19:07 »

Upgrade rear shock with hyperpro spring and front forks

Tiggerbits · « **Reply #8349 on:** June 15, 2018, 23:31:34 »

Fitted my freshly powder coated crash bars and skid pan! Looks much smarter!

Jules-iow · « **Reply #8350 on:** June 17, 2018, 13:48:01 »

Fitted a £35 topbox and a Givi D3112ST screen. Still have more buffeting than I'd like. Aprilia style mirrors on order!

bosnjo · « **Reply #8351 on:** June 18, 2018, 19:20:31 »

In my case, when I had L2 650, Aprilia mirrors helped a bit but there was still buffeting, more then I liked. So, Givi Airflow was the only answer. Had it until I sold the bike. Gave me zero buffeting.

ceejay · « **Reply #8352 on:** June 18, 2018, 21:45:47 »

Fitted Cosmo centre stand, a bit fiddly but easy enough. Even got the spring on in one go. Good price, even with delivery and definitely better than the £240 the dealer wanted for a Suzuki one.
Next job, a bit of chain maintenance

Asmith61 · « **Reply #8353 on:** June 20, 2018, 17:36:05 »

Had a loobman chain oiler fitted, finally got the bar end fitted again, xenon headlight bulbs fitted along with blue led side light bulbs hopefully pics will work.

Stonec0ld · « **Reply #8354 on:** June 21, 2018, 13:49:52 »

How did you find fitting the loobman? Not got round to attempting fitting mine yet.

Asmith61 · « **Reply #8355 on:** June 21, 2018, 21:00:50 »

Hi Paul I have to admit I didn't fit it myself I had a mechanic friend of mine do it along with the other bits and pieces, but he did say it was easy to do, if you need more pictures of the way he fitted it just let me know.

Regards Alby

harmony · « **Reply #8356 on:** June 21, 2018, 23:07:19 »

Oil and filter change on Sunday last week, plus fitted a nearly new ebay Fuel Pipe and removed the pannier brackets and rear pegs and hangers.

Oh and bunged on a Givi aitflow too.

She sounds like a real twin now. She's turning into a proper tool for my 450 mile a week commute

SimonF · « **Reply #8357 on:** June 22, 2018, 14:18:51 »

Fitted a Givi Airflow. Not the prettiest thing in the world but a quick blast at lunch time was a much quieter ride.

UK_Vstrom650 · « **Reply #8358 on:** June 23, 2018, 22:40:41 »

Changed the fork seals

From looking on here it looks as though I replaced them last on 01 August 2017 - stupid non-OEM seals. Let that be a warning for you. It looks as though salt had got past the dust seals and down the side of one of the oil seals

A few pics below.

I wish I read my old post before as I forgot my useful tips of using electrical tape to seat the new oil seals.

I also noticed my brake calipers had started to come loose as I took the front end off - check your nuts people...

Tomorrow suppose I'll need to go for a test ride...

infidel · « **Reply #8359 on:** June 24, 2018, 09:13:40 »

Took her off-road yesterday for the first time across the Salisbury plain byways. Lovely ride, did 20 miles off track - mostly hard deck with some loose gravel. Loads of chalk dust - the bike looked white afterwards.

Had to take it easy with no crash protection, but a lot of fun.

Now I have to spend today cleaning it.