A picture a day...biker banter (Vol 5)

[scunnylad]

Biker's Nemesis said:

scunnylad said:

No,pic taken in the riders garage

Ah, right.

Totally off topic but can you imagine Dennis wife having her name called out in a Doctors surgery?

Funnily enough Dennis was talking about this one night in the pub at the Classic TT

Apparently even after all these years she still colours up in those situations

[WhisperingWasp]

Biker's Nemesis said:

You've got some hand towels and what looks like Yellow tape in front of the lamp.

Ha! There's more going on in the pic than I realised

[B'stard Child]

WhisperingWasp said:

Before:


After:


Spot the difference! Excuse the rubbish pics, wasn’t planning to share.

The wheels aren't in the same place so the bike has been out and come back so on that basis I'd say the first picture is clean and the second is dirty

[jjones]

B'stard Child said:

The wheels aren't in the same place so the bike has been out and come back so on that basis I'd say the first picture is clean and the second is dirty

There was a seat cowl, belly pan and screen on the floor. The seat cowl was fitted and other two thrown in the bin, i think.

[B'stard Child]

jjones said:

B'stard Child said:

The wheels aren't in the same place so the bike has been out and come back so on that basis I'd say the first picture is clean and the second is dirty

There was a seat cowl, belly pan and screen on the floor. The seat cowl was fitted and other two thrown in the bin, i think.

For someone who has been here a while I'm quite concerned you took me seriously

[poo at Paul's]

tail tidy

[WhisperingWasp]

poo at Paul's said:

tail tidy

Yep. “Tail chop” they call it. Had a tatty carbon fibre tail unit and the indicators used to flap around. Looked ridiculous.

Been meaning to do it for a while and finally plucked up the courage to take a hacksaw to my bike! Pleased with the outcome.

[AceOfHearts]

Making the most of Australia, just bought a bargain CBR250rr (MC22)

[Google [bot]]

Popped out for a ride today during a brief dry spell, and I may have been going a bit quick, and HWP went the other way. Thought I’d better lay low for a bit so turned off and went into some backstreets. Stumbled upon a sign for an ‘art gallery/sale’ so thought I’d have a look there. Saw a painting I thought would go alright in my place, but I went for a ride not fking art shopping, so had to go to a shop and buy rope n stuff and a bag to attach it to the bike.
Anyway, here’s the result of my adventure.

[Prof Prolapse]

Big bill?

[SAS Tom]

Prof Prolapse said:

Big bill?

That one on the right has a pretty big bill.

[Tiggsy]

Just back from a week in some pretty remote spots in South Africa. Other half past her test last year and has now ridden more miles on African gravel than UK Tar!

[dern]

New bike day...




Put a hundred or so miles on it on the way home despite the high winds. Amazing bike, really pleased with it. Very comfortable, not at all tiring to ride, so confidence inspiring and loads of power to overtake. It's a 2014 KTM 1190 Adventure by the way.

[Google [bot]]

Congrats, hard to beat new bike day. I had a narrow escape by not going to view my perfect spec bike yesterday.

[Mr Dendrite]

Well that was buggy good afternoon, so warm!

[knitware]

dern said:

New bike day...




Put a hundred or so miles on it on the way home despite the high winds. Amazing bike, really pleased with it. Very comfortable, not at all tiring to ride, so confidence inspiring and loads of power to overtake. It's a 2014 KTM 1190 Adventure by the way.

KTM only paint half of it?

[(MrB)]

Untitled by (MrB), on Flickr

[dern]

Nice

[Steve Bass]

dern said:

New bike day...




Put a hundred or so miles on it on the way home despite the high winds. Amazing bike, really pleased with it. Very comfortable, not at all tiring to ride, so confidence inspiring and loads of power to overtake. It's a 2014 KTM 1190 Adventure by the way.

Congrats! Great bikes and loved mine.
A couple of suggestions based on my experience....
1. Get the poor fuel dongle. Allows the electronic settings to be retained after ignition off.
2. Heat shield on right side under your thigh. This was roasting me and not fun in African heat.
3. Check your bike for the center stand recall. Early bikes were prone to snapping the center stand foot spigot
4. Airbox. Fit a decent filter system. The early air boxes leaked badly and let dust and dirt into the throttle bodies
5.Seat pad. Seat can be like park benches
6. Head bearing. Make sure the top race is tightened properly. Head shaking on deceleration is the giveaway


Enjoy!

Edited by Steve Bass on Monday 15th October 09:25

[dern]

Steve Bass said:

Congrats! Great bikes and loved mine.
A couple of suggestions based on my experience....
1. Get the poor fuel dongle. Allows the electronic settings to be retained after ignition off.
2. Heat shield on right side under your thigh. This was roasting me and not fun in African heat.
3. Check your bike for the center stand recall. Early bikes were prone to snapping the center stand foot spigot
4. Airbox. Fit a decent filter system. The early air boxes leaked badly and let dust and dirt into the throttle bodies
5.Seat pad. Seat can be like park benches
6. Head bearing. Make sure the top race is tightened properly. Head shaking on deceleration is the giveaway


Enjoy!

Thanks. I think the previous owner was on top of a lot of this stuff as there's some serious heat deflection material under the seat. I'll check the rest though, cheers.

I took it out in the pouring rain yesterday... I'd just got it and sitting on it in the garage wasn't going to cut it. It's so confidence inspiring in the rain with all the crap on the roads. Really happy with it. Actually thoroughly enjoyed the ride despite the floods.