A picture a day....biker banter (Vol 4)

[DuncsGTi]

The sprocket is off the splines, nut and lock washer AWOL.

there was a fair amount of slack in the chain but probably not enough for it to come off completely. The sprocket was rubbing against the plastic civer, but I stopped before any real damage was done (probably 250-300m from losing drive to stopping.

[podman]

Out for a blat this morning with a friend who owns this X7, no hi viz required for him!

[Mastodon2]

First proper ride I've had in a few weeks. The Michelin Pilot Power 2CTs are nearly finished, I reckon they've got 50 miles left in them before they hit the wear bars, I'll be gettingsome Bridgestone S21 Evos fitted soon.

[Biker's Nemesis]

podman said:

Out for a blat this morning with a friend who owns this X7, no hi viz required for him!

X7's are great, what a bike for wheelies. Its no RD 500 though.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mastodon2 said:

First proper ride I've had in a few weeks. The Michelin Pilot Power 2CTs are nearly finished, I reckon they've got 50 miles left in them before they hit the wear bars, I'll be gettingsome Bridgestone S21 Evos fitted soon.

And where the fk have you been hiding!

[Mastodon2]

Biker's Nemesis said:

And where the fk have you been hiding!

All my friends have been crashing their bikes this year so I thought I'd wait for the bad moon to pass

[castex]

I crashed mine too but I don't like to talk about it.

[Mastodon2]

castex said:

I crashed mine too but I don't like to talk about it.

Gah. Can she be saved?

[castex]

Just a bit of low speed fairing scrape, chum.
The bike's fine and this was a while ago but it still hurts.
Need a very good cosmetic repairist in the NE. Any tips anyone?

[Biker's Nemesis]

Mastodon2 said:

All my friends have been crashing their bikes this year so I thought I'd wait for the bad moon to pass

Ah, right toe.

[Biker's Nemesis]

Grahame @ Northern Auto bodies Senet workshops Ashington.

[castex]

Thank you, sir.

[redback911]

Just cleaned bike for NW Ride out today.

[Steve Bass]

redback911 said:

Just cleaned bike for NW Ride out today.

Looking nice Dan, how you getting on with her now???

[Gunk]

redback911 said:

Just cleaned bike for NW Ride out today.

I usually clean mine after the rideout!

[Biker's Nemesis]

Spent my Saturday evening changing spark plugs on my R1

[redback911]

Steve Bass said:

Looking nice Dan, how you getting on with her now???

Great thanks Steve, really appreciate the pointers. I tried the BST wheels on the road and they feel absolutely fine, just no good for track. I think I will send them back so they can check the hub assembly.

Gunk said:

I usually clean mine after the rideout!

True, true. I was a bit over excited to be going on a ride out today and was up early to clean the bike. Front collected a lot of insects and tyre rubber today from the NW thrash.

[dannyintenerife]

Today I had a bit of time for myself for the first time in ages!

Rode both the 675 and the B King one after the other, both nice in different ways.

Think I still prefer the 675 for the sound and wheelies as the B King is just too quiet and I still haven't sussed the wheelies on it yet.

[John D.]

redback911 said:

Just cleaned bike for NW Ride out today.

Phwoar

[m9rko]

Fitted these and got to test them out today (thanks Duraace). Massive improvement over OEM