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Offline mr_diver

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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #960 on: June 27, 2019, 07:51:47 »
Had a few packages delivered to work yesterday. :lala:
A small clear screen for the Xj600n
A PAIR removal kit
HealTech Speedo Healer.

The PAIR system injects clean air from the airbox to aid combustion of unburnt fuel in the exhaust but also dilutes the nasties in the exhaust gases, basically a cheat for the emmisions.
With the free flowing exhausts and K&N air filter the bikes pops and bangs like buggery on throttle roll off. Now that is much reduced.

After I swapped to the 15t frobt sprocket my speedo has been reading high... 80mph indicated 69mph with GPS. And the odometer was also reading high about 11%.

Easy piece of kit to fit and calibrate and now my speedo is super accurate- I may change the setting to allow some leeway.

Then went for a sunny ride to Porthcawl, very busy there. Being an antisocial miserable git, I did a loop and went back home  :auto-dirtbike:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #961 on: June 29, 2019, 19:19:37 »
Too hot to sit about so I got the Bulldog out and rode to the Sportsbike Shop in Boston. I didn't buy anything. I just needed a place to go and return from. 254 miles round trip. A nice practice for the trip to Cornwall next weekend.
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #962 on: June 29, 2019, 19:36:55 »
Dave, some old git has photobombed you  :smirk:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #963 on: June 29, 2019, 19:43:36 »
Wait until he starts singing "Lip up fattie"...
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #964 on: June 29, 2019, 20:29:06 »
 lol
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Offline SuzukiSte

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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #965 on: June 29, 2019, 20:56:22 »
Now that's just bad manners. lol
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #966 on: June 29, 2019, 21:14:10 »
Had a 210 mile jaunt today to the British Ironworks Museum near Oswestry.A very interesting place with a few really unusual sculptures,one in particular made from surrendered knives during several “knife surrender amnesties”.It wasn’t too bad going,we left Donington Services at 10:00 hrs.so it was still warming up.On the way back it was up to 35 deg.C,so quote uncomfortable when in traffic.Stopped at the OK Diner at Cannock for a drink,when we came out the difference from an air conditioned cafe to the outside ambient was quite startling,I reckon today was the hottest I have ever been on a bike,even including Spain in the summer.
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #967 on: June 29, 2019, 22:41:28 »
Yeah that's the blighter that lives in my mirror. He's a pest.
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #968 on: June 29, 2019, 23:13:07 »
Just for you Brockett
A couple of weeks ago at Leeds... :grin:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #969 on: June 30, 2019, 00:08:15 »
I see your bloke is attempting a disguise. It'll never work.
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #970 on: June 30, 2019, 00:09:40 »
 lol lol lol
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #971 on: June 30, 2019, 19:41:28 »
Centre stand was swapped over on the V50 yesterday: it has fixed the lean to the left, but it seems to have a very slight one to the right now, if anything. Maybe just so used to it leaning left that it looks wrong now...
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #972 on: July 01, 2019, 04:56:02 »
Took the Cappy out for a trundle around some of Northumberlands smaller, less used roads to give my mate a steady time out after he fell off his Triumph Thruxton due to old tyres (see humour & stabilisers). Nice run out, missed the rain and had some nice food at Berwick (Lowry's at the Chandlery). Back via Ford, Etal & Rothbury. Just notched 13,000 miles and the service indicator spanner has lit up...
Confidence mostly restored for Davey  :thumb:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #973 on: July 01, 2019, 05:14:20 »
Good man twenty one twelve. :thumb:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #974 on: July 02, 2019, 22:14:54 »
Cheers TL. Now his confidence has returned on the bike I now need to work on his confidence getting the tea's in. Not sure when he fell of an urn but there is definitely a reluctance to purchase hot beverages...
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #975 on: July 03, 2019, 19:13:29 »
Fitted BRAND NEW brake calipers/pads on front today. Will clean up the old ones sometime for spares.
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #976 on: July 03, 2019, 21:20:46 »
100 mls.around the glorious Peak District on our “Wednesday Wrinklies”Run.Via Glossop for lunch.Ended up at our usual Monyash cafe for an afternoon cuppa.I just love being retired.👍
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #977 on: July 04, 2019, 05:16:43 »
 :bawl:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #978 on: July 04, 2019, 11:25:30 »
Good isn't it Ian? Plus it's great for upsetting TLP!!  :grin:
In fact we're off out in a few minutes for a little spin in The Peaks.  :sunny:  :thumb:
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Re: What have you done with your bike today?
« Reply #979 on: July 04, 2019, 11:48:08 »
Where's that Loathe button that Rusty has... all this talk of being retired makes me want one  :dl_hyperhysteria:
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