A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 3)
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Biker's Nemesis said:
That was my plan.
Let me get some practice in, then once I've got a Hayabusa we can have another go. I'll laugh and weep quietly as you muller my corner exit speeds, and make comments about "going faster riding backwards with my feet hanging off the pedals" and the like 
Mastodon2 said:
As the roads were absolutely soaking, we got to Belsay and agreed to jack it in, as it was unlikely to be any better further north.
They're dreadful tonight. I was out walking near Twice Brewed this afternoon, doing a round from the visitor's centre past Greenlee Lough, probably near ten miles in all if Google's calculations are correct (I didn't OS map it). The second half, at the highest points, no less, the weather drew in and rained insistently. Walking along the Military Road with rain showering in behind me was pretty s
t. I saw a few motorcycles battling through the spray down the Military Road, most likely those who had went out for a casual ride and found the weather to be fking hopeless once they were sufficiently far from home. Mastodon2 said:
I may have to get a pinlock insert to stop the fogging, though I am hopeful that on dry, warmer days I won't suffer the fogging.
Do it - have had one on (both) my RPHA 10+ (came with them!) and they just work. Seems dear but really it's well worth the money to never worry about fogging up, even on cold days with all the vents closed and thus even quieter - although air flow with the vents open is very very good. The pinlocks are very easily scratched though so I never wash that side of the visor if I can avoid it, so I don't have to even dry it.Or use the old dish soap trick - just a drop wiped over, left a few mins, and buffed off. But i'd just buy a pinlock!
Matt
anonymous said:
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It should have been, but the shop only had one Graffiti in, I had phoned earlier in the day to enquire about sizes and went down there to try it on and buy it, and walk away if it didn't fit. As it was a display item, they had to get the box from the stockroom and put all the various bits in it, but they've left the pinlock insert out. I'll give them a ring when they're next open, they'll sort me out. The owner is a friend of a friend, so we have a good rapport and he has always seen me right in the past.I've never had a helmet with a pinlock insert before, it is noticeable once it's fitted?
Jonjo91 said:
Picked up a bike this morning to become my trackbike!
Cheap as chips.
Bought brand new!Straight from a L-plate 125 to that after getting my license 12 days before the end of 1996 and the start of restricted full licenses or direct access.. still here!
anonymous said:
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Agreed on all counts.My pinlock was flush with the edge of the centre catch on the inside of the visor but sat slightly over the groove in the top of the visor, making it harder to clip fully closed. I had to shave a bit more of the plastic off around the cutout in the pinlock for the catch to get a perfect fit - else the visor was hard to click close squashing the top edge of the pinlock in the visor groove or not sat flat on the visor near the catch and messing up the seal.
gwm said:
Straight out the showroom and on road tyres? How was it (especially compared to other bikes you've tracked?)
Pretty sure the road tyres are supercorsas, so should be in their element on track. Curious as to how you found it too.
My mate is racing a new R1 and said its missing a bit at the top end compared to a ZX10R.
theshrew said:
Jazoli said:
One from this mornings run out, bike feels much better now I have put new tyres on it.
You have had a zillion bikes, how are you finding this one ? Is it worthy of the chavish label they get or is it better than expectations ? 
I think the Chav label comes more from the demographic who buy them and then cover them in bolt on shiny crap like coloured anodised bolts, heel guards, radiator covers and iridium screens!The bike is great, it feels compact and your legs are tucked up quite high, which is a bit awkward at first but not uncomfortable and you get used to it, its not as roomy as the 929 blade it replaced, but the ergonomics aren't bad, the chassis is based on the RGV500 racer dontcha know and shares the same geometry, which means it feels light on it tyres and tips into corners with a small nudge on the inside bar, the suspension seems pretty compliant but its never going to be a BMW GS over the bumps, the brakes seem pretty poor even with braided lines and fresh fluid, compared to the fantastic brakes on the blade, a pad change is needed I think.
The best thing about the bike is the engine, it really is the star of the show, it fuels perfectly from the very bottom of the rev range, builds as the revs increase then when it reaches 9000rpm it goes rraaaarrgghhhh and f
ks off, whilst making some of the best noise I have heard from a bike, its not got masses of torque and (only) puts out 125bhp but for the road its plenty, and still shows 175 on the speedo (apparently).Mine hasn't suffered at all from the usual Suzuki build quality, but that's a reflection on the previous owner more than the bike, its has no rusty bolts, all the (un laquered wtf is all that about?) stickers aren't peeling off and its pretty much as it left the showroom, I think I will keep this one for a while, its does everything I want from a sports bike, I don't need the ridiculous power from a modern litre bike for the riding I do, it was cheap enough to let me buy another track bike and maybe something more upright for taking the wife out on
Edited by Jazoli on Sunday 3rd May 07:55
Chipchap said:
Here is a totally standard SRAD 750. Not one blue bolt or iridium screen or shiny end can. Even has a full size UK number plate on it. The only non std bits are the frame covers and they were on it when I got it so I left them but they are only on with Velcro.
You Sir are a man of impeccable taste 
Jazoli said:
theshrew said:
Jazoli said:
One from this mornings run out, bike feels much better now I have put new tyres on it.
You have had a zillion bikes, how are you finding this one ? Is it worthy of the chavish label they get or is it better than expectations ? I think the Chav label comes more from the demographic who buy them and then cover them in bolt on shiny crap like coloured anodised bolts, heel guards, radiator covers and iridium screens!The bike is great, it feels compact and your legs are tucked up quite high, which is a bit awkward at first but not uncomfortable and you get used to it, its not as roomy as the 929 blade it replaced, but the ergonomics aren't bad, the chassis is based on the RGV500 racer dontcha know and shares the same geometry, which means it feels light on it tyres and tips into corners with a small nudge on the inside bar, the suspension seems pretty compliant but its never going to be a BMW GS over the bumps, the brakes seem pretty poor even with braided lines and fresh fluid, compared to the fantastic brakes on the blade, a pad change is needed I think.
The best thing about the bike is the engine, it really is the star of the show, it fuels perfectly from the very bottom of the rev range, builds as the revs increase then when it reaches 9000rpm it goes rraaaarrgghhhh and f
ks off, whilst making some of the best noise I have heard from a bike, its not got masses of torque and (only) puts out 125bhp but for the road its plenty, and still shows 175 on the speedo (apparently).Mine hasn't suffered at all from the usual Suzuki build quality, but that's a reflection on the previous owner more than the bike, its has no rusty bolts, all the (un laquered wtf is all that about?) stickers aren't peeling off and its pretty much as it left the showroom, I think I will keep this one for a while, its does everything I want from a sports bike, I don't need the ridiculous power from a modern litre bike for the riding I do, it was cheap enough to let me buy another track bike and maybe something more upright for taking the wife out on
Edited by Jazoli on Sunday 3rd May 07:55
I'd have another one in a flash. Sounds like you a good one I'm sure you will have lots of fun on those brilliant roads up there.
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