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Offline mrp192

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6620 on: March 21, 2016, 19:44:12 »
First long run on my Glee today. 230 miles out through Cambs taking in the B660, lunch at The Chequers PH at Stotford, Herts (highly recommended, lovely food and very reasonable) before coming back through Essex and Suffolk.
Very impressed with the bike, everything I need and was surprised when we got back to Thetford for coffee to see the paint had been scraped off the centre stand arm as I didn't realise I had been leaning it that far over!
My Bandit would have coped admirably but my back wouldn't have lasted the day. My new Glee being so much lighter didn't cause me too many problems and means my fears of my riding days being over are hopefully proved wrong.
Looking forward to a good riding year...????
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Offline Snapper

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6621 on: March 22, 2016, 00:29:19 »
Quote from: Mitch on March 21, 2016, 10:13:01
I went for this set. http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/92822 Seems to work very nicely....

Oh yeah, the SMH5 - excellent value for money, I reckon  :) .

Personally, I am looking for something with more range, as I'm doing a five day tour in Germany with a buddy in May and expect that we will get separated quite a lot on roads that neither of us know.

Anyway, I'll be interested to hear how you get on with the Sena compared to the BT800  :) .
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6622 on: March 22, 2016, 15:44:06 »
Still waiting to get mine back :(
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Offline Wayne_202

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6623 on: March 22, 2016, 17:43:52 »
Failed Mot :( only on the front tyre though so not all bad :D
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6624 on: March 23, 2016, 09:28:55 »
Still waiting, was booked in to be looked at on the 14th. Still hasn't been looked at yet.
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Online UK_Vstrom650

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6625 on: March 23, 2016, 10:16:39 »
That's really bad Bigpie. I'd be having words... know you said it was a PITA to go elsewhere but...

Ordered some cheapo spotlights for mine  :thumb:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6626 on: March 23, 2016, 10:46:11 »
It is indeed a pain. The fireblade my mate has lent keeps trying to kill me too. 2 days in a row I've had the rear loose grip due to my over eager throttle exiting roundabouts on the Dearne Vally Parkway.
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Offline bigpie

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6627 on: March 23, 2016, 11:18:44 »
It's not going to get done before the weekend now they've said, so I think I'll just collect it and either try J&S at Doncaster or just do it myself
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6628 on: March 23, 2016, 12:16:44 »
Not a good advert for SMC...

Watch out for the fireblade it'll make yours seem docile. Good luck sorting  :thumb:
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Offline Doug McLaren

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6629 on: March 24, 2016, 17:25:11 »
Fitted a Cosmo centre stand, took all of 30 mins, nice bit of kit.
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Offline sirkitchalott

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6630 on: March 24, 2016, 17:33:20 »
Oil change...., lube this and that!  :lala:
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Offline Rusty Nuts

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6631 on: March 25, 2016, 18:00:35 »
Rode it, smugly, on an empty carriageway past a five mile static convoy "going" the other way.
A) If you're going to the Dales on a Bank Holiday, get up early.
2) The A65 is not the only road up there. Standing traffic all the way from the Gargrave hump back bridge to Skipton. Yuk!!
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Offline Wayne_202

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6632 on: March 25, 2016, 18:45:25 »
Took it for a nice hour blast early this morning to bed the new front tyre in and to get some rain x from halfords, then had breaky and rode back playing with the excessive amount of traffic on the way back. Was really nice  :sunny: :dance:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6633 on: March 25, 2016, 19:13:43 »
Still waiting :( went climbing instead.
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Offline Kayaker413

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6634 on: March 27, 2016, 14:43:15 »
Quote from: Yoyo on March 20, 2016, 22:28:43
Had a ride out with Dragon Bikers forum, lots of UCR's and narrow B roads, broken tarmac was fun

great to see a fellow strom rider getting off road a bit, haven't come across many stroms of any variety on the lanes.
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Offline Dingerb68

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6635 on: March 27, 2016, 15:07:11 »
Just having my bike all year bikered in Sherburn by a young man called Josh.
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6636 on: March 27, 2016, 16:10:01 »
Fitted LED lights to work with my brake light.

Also fitted a 'YELLOW   :shock:' bagster (just to see how it'd look)
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6637 on: March 27, 2016, 16:23:35 »
... and now you know that it looks terrible  :grin:
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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6638 on: March 27, 2016, 16:32:26 »
It does but I could get used to it. It's the bike's high viz  lol

I'll be removing it soon

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Offline Theflyingscot

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Re: What have you done with your V-Strom today?
« Reply #6639 on: March 27, 2016, 17:13:36 »
Checked my valve clearances and found that the majority of them are on the tight side(exhaust only). But on checking the shims they are a 288 and these are not shown on the shim selection schedule, 0nly 280, 285 & 290?
Anyone else found this before?
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