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

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

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mak

1,438 posts

227 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Biker's Nemesis said:
biggrin I see what you did there .

knitware

1,473 posts

194 months

Monday 11th March 2019
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Don Roque said:
A friend of mine has taken delivery of this KTM this weekend. It's not finished yet (luggage and sat nav stuff is yet to arrive) but he is pleased. It looks really cool and seems pretty quick.

SNAP!

It's a fantastic bike to ride, probable the best I've owned. Also waiting for luggage to arrive...


Birky_41

4,317 posts

185 months

Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Picked the new one today. Really chuffed, the old one done me proud but needed a bit of love and I was ready for a new one

Colchester kawasaki and Aprilia done me the deal on this one and found the service excellent. Early days but think I'll be buying from here now


podman

8,880 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Birky_41 said:
Picked the new one today. Really chuffed, the old one done me proud but needed a bit of love and I was ready for a new one

Colchester kawasaki and Aprilia done me the deal on this one and found the service excellent. Early days but think I'll be buying from here now

Stonking, they do look stunning...congrats.

Biker's Nemesis

38,775 posts

209 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Birky_41 said:
Picked the new one today. Really chuffed, the old one done me proud but needed a bit of love and I was ready for a new one

Colchester kawasaki and Aprilia done me the deal on this one and found the service excellent. Early days but think I'll be buying from here now

Nice one.

Krikkit

26,577 posts

182 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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That looks awesome, hope it hits the spot like the last one did. smile

Birky_41

4,317 posts

185 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Lasted 12 hours before I had to get it out

Absolutely bliss to ride...


doogalman

705 posts

246 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Birky_41 said:
Lasted 12 hours before I had to get it out

Absolutely bliss to ride...

Needs blinging up a bit!

Birky_41

4,317 posts

185 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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doogalman said:
Needs blinging up a bit!
Ha, shortly after this picture I already got on the case. Done half it still to do

USB on dash
LED lights
Road Lok
Rad Guard (That's a must)
Double Bubble
Trickle charger cable
Heated Gloves cable

Last bit I really need as I get blown all over the place at speed with the current screen




Krikkit

26,577 posts

182 months

Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Fair play, buy a new bike and disassemble it within 24h biggrin

Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 13th March 19:45

doogalman

705 posts

246 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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I must try that mirror mod. Wrapping in cling film, not sure of what the benefits are but.....

profanum429

3 posts

62 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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New to here but finally getting my bike put back together after having the fairings refinished from some previous owner damage smile



Last piece is the street tail; the race version with no tail light provisions is currently mounted with a fender eliminator with brake lights on it; looking forward to getting the street tail back on it with the standard Ducati tail lights in it again.

Biker's Nemesis

38,775 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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It lives. The sister bike to mine is running again after 2 years. Need to fit the new longer front brake lines so that I can drop the forks.

New bodywork needs ordering then it should be good to go.





George29

14,707 posts

165 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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2 years?! eek why did it take so long?

dibblecorse

6,891 posts

193 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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As much as I love Ducatis, is there an uglier exhaust ?? Scott Redding out testing .....


Biker's Nemesis

38,775 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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George29 said:
2 years?! eek why did it take so long?
loss of interest, we only started on it this year and to be fair we've only spent a couple of days on it so far.

George29

14,707 posts

165 months

Thursday 14th March 2019
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dibblecorse said:
As much as I love Ducatis, is there an uglier exhaust ?? Scott Redding out testing .....

The only one I can think of would be the standard Suzuki GSXR1000 can, but that one is bloody awful too. Although they can at least claim function over form which I like

Birky_41

4,317 posts

185 months

Friday 15th March 2019
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George29 said:
The only one I can think of would be the standard Suzuki GSXR1000 can, but that one is bloody awful too. Although they can at least claim function over form which I like
Given that I own a new gsxr 1000 I can agree the standard exhaust is quite honestly hideous

poo at Paul's

14,174 posts

176 months

Friday 15th March 2019
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Birky_41 said:
George29 said:
The only one I can think of would be the standard Suzuki GSXR1000 can, but that one is bloody awful too. Although they can at least claim function over form which I like
Given that I own a new gsxr 1000 I can agree the standard exhaust is quite honestly hideous
But Suzuki are clever to basically stick all the st that no one wants in one great big ugly box that looks like a sidecar, knowing full well that they will sell nice Yoshi cans to about 90% of their buyers!
Think of the piddling about you need to do on some bikes to get rid of the cat and all the heavy st? Two bolts and a Gixer is done!

Birky_41

4,317 posts

185 months

Friday 15th March 2019
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poo at Paul's said:
But Suzuki are clever to basically stick all the st that no one wants in one great big ugly box that looks like a sidecar, knowing full well that they will sell nice Yoshi cans to about 90% of their buyers!
Think of the piddling about you need to do on some bikes to get rid of the cat and all the heavy st? Two bolts and a Gixer is done!
Very true and exactly what I done on mine

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Sometimes. My offer was a 'Pack' that had lever guards, engine case covers, paddock stand, double bubble, super fast flu yellow rim tape and so on. I bought my Yoshi off ebay
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