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I had a bit of a wet ride up to collect it and back and have done a few miles this afternoon, first impressions, it feels as though it will be great through bends, I didn’t really push it today because the roads were slippery but the front end felt amazing so planted, the dash and electronics look top notch, I just need to read the handbook to work out how to set it all up now.
Not being allowed over 7k rpm is really frustrating still 100 miles done, 520 to go!.
Most frustrating thing though was catching the mirror while getting it down the side of the house to the garage, the arm for the mirror snapped so I’ve had to tape it up for now and will order another one, won’t do that again!.
P.S. why does the photo uploader rotate the images?.
I will post some better pics tomorrow.
Not being allowed over 7k rpm is really frustrating still 100 miles done, 520 to go!.
Most frustrating thing though was catching the mirror while getting it down the side of the house to the garage, the arm for the mirror snapped so I’ve had to tape it up for now and will order another one, won’t do that again!.
P.S. why does the photo uploader rotate the images?.
I will post some better pics tomorrow.
Thanks.
Yeah they’re completely rigid on them, bit of a poor design really as they’re very delicate too, I might try and glue it along where it’s snapped for now and get a new mirror ordered next week, there goes the tail tidy money
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I’m still ok to come tomorrow as long as it’s dry, don’t fancy getting soaked again!.
Yeah they’re completely rigid on them, bit of a poor design really as they’re very delicate too, I might try and glue it along where it’s snapped for now and get a new mirror ordered next week, there goes the tail tidy money
.I’m still ok to come tomorrow as long as it’s dry, don’t fancy getting soaked again!.
Edited by Walter Sobchak on Saturday 24th March 20:03
orangefzr said:
They look miles better!, I’m not sure if the mirrors are the same as a 1299 though, hopefully they are as if much rather a pair of those.Even better.... The last time I went looking at bikes I stumbled across a newish rsv4 which had been repaired after dropping a valve, the nice salesman let me start it in the showroom he was desperate to sell it.
I would try finding some online dealers in Ducati and cross reference the part numbers..... Same part number same part if you get my drift
I would try finding some online dealers in Ducati and cross reference the part numbers..... Same part number same part if you get my drift
Thing of beauty. The clocks are awesome. As you say, you'll probably need a science degree to set everything up !
Can imagine how annoyed you must feel about the mirror. I picked up a new Focus RS in 2003 from a Ford dealer in Darlington. As with your V4 it was a very rare sight on the roads at that time. I drove 250 + miles in it back down to Sussex, and then a stone came up and put a bullseye in the windscreen when I was about 10 miles from home
Be careful about the bolts used to hold the mirror to the fairing. If the mirrors are rigid it will most likely have 'shear' bolts which are designed to break, and prevent the fairing cracking
Good luck with things
Can imagine how annoyed you must feel about the mirror. I picked up a new Focus RS in 2003 from a Ford dealer in Darlington. As with your V4 it was a very rare sight on the roads at that time. I drove 250 + miles in it back down to Sussex, and then a stone came up and put a bullseye in the windscreen when I was about 10 miles from home
Be careful about the bolts used to hold the mirror to the fairing. If the mirrors are rigid it will most likely have 'shear' bolts which are designed to break, and prevent the fairing cracking
Good luck with things
Looks great. Would be interested in what you think once you have done a few miles.
Bit of a b
h with the mirror. Sort of thing I would do!
Recently bought a car. Dealer had resprayed the front because of some stone chips. After picking it up went on a road trip in Wales with a friend. Lots of crap on the road. I wasn’t following that closely but he must have been throwing up gravel and stones. End of the day found the car had been hit a few times and I had a new collection of stone chips. Doh!
Bit of a b
h with the mirror. Sort of thing I would do! Recently bought a car. Dealer had resprayed the front because of some stone chips. After picking it up went on a road trip in Wales with a friend. Lots of crap on the road. I wasn’t following that closely but he must have been throwing up gravel and stones. End of the day found the car had been hit a few times and I had a new collection of stone chips. Doh!
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