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

[black-k1]

Just to show I do occasionally wash my bike:



It's just gone over 10,000 miles and is still great fun!

[Lukas239]

rigga said:

This is a thing of beauty

[gwm]

A very wet Cadwell couple weeks ago:


A warm Donington. I still never get my knee down

[moanthebairns]

gwm said:

A very wet Cadwell couple weeks ago:


A warm Donington. I still never get my knee down

I assume road tyres? Well done for going out in the rain if so. Sorta Look like set of Dunlop sportmax or something.

[dibblecorse]

A500leroy said:

Brought one of these today for commuting/errade duties, pick up next week.

Whats the insurance like ?

[bazzer_r]

Off to MotoGp at the weekend on this. If anyone was wondering, I'm not going to race it.

Mind you, a quick respray in Eddie Lawson colours and you never know......

[skahigh]

Stripped down the Tuono front end, spent 4 hours Sunday morning cleaning a couple of years worth of all year riding crap off the engine block with a toothbrush sized wire brush and several bottles of APC, WD40 and ACF-50.

That rocker cover is going to need blasting and coating!

Edited by skahigh on Monday 19th August 17:37

[gwm]

moanthebairns said:

I assume road tyres? Well done for going out in the rain if so. Sorta Look like set of Dunlop sportmax or something.

The Metzeler M7RRs. They felt pretty good in the wet actually!

[bazzer_r]

skahigh said:

Stripped down the Tuono front end, spent 4 hours Sunday morning cleaning a couple of years worth of all year riding crap off the engine block with a toothbrush sized wire brush and several bottles of APC, WD40 and ACF-50.

That rocker cover is going to need blasting and coating!

Nice! I'm going to have to strip down the Ducati soon. Tried lifting it using an ebay lift and almost sh@t myself. Where did you get your lift from, looks like it's doing a great job?

[gareth_r]

bazzer_r said:

.... Where did you get your lift from, looks like it's doing a great job?

That's an Abba Skylift.

https://abbastands.co.uk/product-detail.asp?item=s...

[Ilovejapcrap]

A500leroy said:

Brought one of these today for commuting/errade duties, pick up next week.

watched a video on these other day looks great for running around duties

[clen666]

gwm said:

The Metzeler M7RRs. They felt pretty good in the wet actually!

Just got back from a few days in Wales, typically there was quite a bit of rain.

First trip with the new to me super duke (gen1) with a fresh set of M7RRs on it.
I’ve not had much experience of riding in the wet, so can’t really compare these to anything, but they were certainly confidence inspiring and felt fairly planted.

Edited by clen666 on Tuesday 20th August 09:18

[skahigh]

gareth_r said:

bazzer_r said:

.... Where did you get your lift from, looks like it's doing a great job?

That's an Abba Skylift.

https://abbastands.co.uk/product-detail.asp?item=s...

Yep, it's bloody brilliant but does take up a fair bit of space when not in use.

[gwm]

clen666 said:

Just got back from a few days in Wales, typically their was quite a bit of rain.

First trip with the new to me super duke (gen1) with a fresh set of M7RRs on it.
I’ve not had much experience of riding in the wet, so can’t really compare these to anything, but they were certainly confidence inspiring and felt fairly planted.

I'm a big fan. For me they are perfect cos I can do a trackday on them but they're good in the cold and wet too. I don't see why you'd want a touring tyre unless you were doing mega miles.

[Biker's Nemesis]

I was at mugello for 4 days last week

[Prof Prolapse]

black-k1 said:

Just to show I do occasionally wash my bike:



It's just gone over 10,000 miles and is still great fun!

Looks great! It coping well with the miles?

I think this may the only Kawasaki I have ever actually wanted.

[A500leroy]

dibblecorse said:

A500leroy said:

Brought one of these today for commuting/errade duties, pick up next week.

Whats the insurance like ?

under 200

[A500leroy]

Ilovejapcrap said:

A500leroy said:

Brought one of these today for commuting/errade duties, pick up next week.

watched a video on these other day looks great for running around duties

Thats exactly the type of riding i do now, hence getting the 700 gone for one, I might do the odd 50 mile 'blast' around the peaks when the mood takes tho!

[Andybow]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I was at mugello for 4 days last week

I had a mate there on his rsv4 , didn’t bin it which is odd

[Zarco]

Biker's Nemesis said:

I was at mugello for 4 days last week

How fast at the end of the straight?