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

[Birky_41]

ddom said:

Good to see them being used and not locked away. How is the Tuono in the wet, guessing many modes etc?

I ride all year round - just not as much in the winter. I just swap the wheels out from the sporty summer ones to winter ones with tyres like the Power RS+ fitted now

Electronics are very adjustable. I never change the ABS leave it on 2. On 1 it turns the rear off and lets the rear lift

TC I run in 3 or 4 summer never gets in the way. Winter 4 dry 6 when raining. If you are a man child like me it can be fun coming up slip roads onto motorways or off bigger sweeping roundabouts nearly upright and giving it some real beans. Damn thing goes like a christmas tree and the back goes 'grip, slip, grip, slip, grip' squriming about

WC always off, LC always off and suspension I run road for winter as it lazy and like a boat. Prefer it over the bumps. Summer I run sport sharpens it up a bit

Map always in Track never change it

[Patrick Star]

[BuzzBravado]

Picked up a new stablemate for the SV1000. Have no time at all to ride the bikes i have, so no idea what i'm going to do with this.

[jjones]

[Biker's Nemesis]

Me (sunglasses) looking like a retard and Hebegbe at Rothbury.

[Janluke]

Dry and crisp in this part of Scotland so a wee run out on the Gpz. I was briefly 19 again!

[fastbikes76]

Janluke said:

Dry and crisp in this part of Scotland so a wee run out on the Gpz. I was briefly 19 again!

Love it the GPZ’s, looks a cracking example too

Sunny and dry down in the SE today so broke the King out of ‘hibernation’ and headed down to Rye for a ham & cheese toasty and then on through Camber to Littlestone to see the outlaws. Snapped this one while I was down there.

Edited by fastbikes76 on Saturday 7th November 18:33

[the cueball]

MOT today, not sure I needed a new rear tyre, plenty left in that!

[mak]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Me (sunglasses) looking like a retard and Hebegbe at Rothbury.

Nothing wrong with a retard look, I often find myself having to wipe away the dribble after talking to myself all day when I'm working alone. Its an age thing and I've actually evolved to answering my own questions

I would however question the fact you seem to have taken your own flask cup for free refills , that's just taking the piss .

On a side note lads looking good and moody

[Birky_41]

Out riding with toxicnerve yesterday. Dash error come up but bike felt fine. Pulled over turned off then back on after a minute and it cleared

Rode about in very slippery roads in places all afternoon got home and as I was parking up it came back on. Did a repeat of ignition and it went

Checked today... Back on. I think its the exhaust valve sticking as my 16 did the same about 13k as well

Will book in. Frustrating as the bike is pretty tough and I never get any real issues but both my 16 and this 19 have had this at same mileage. I'll bet money it's that exhaust valve...

[talksthetorque]

Can't remember why I didnt go out on the bike today.


Hats off to those that do.

[Darkslider]

Birky_41 said:

Out riding with toxicnerve yesterday. Dash error come up but bike felt fine. Pulled over turned off then back on after a minute and it cleared

Rode about in very slippery roads in places all afternoon got home and as I was parking up it came back on. Did a repeat of ignition and it went

Checked today... Back on. I think its the exhaust valve sticking as my 16 did the same about 13k as well

Will book in. Frustrating as the bike is pretty tough and I never get any real issues but both my 16 and this 19 have had this at same mileage. I'll bet money it's that exhaust valve...

Is it an RSV4? Don't take any chances with valve related problems if so, spring failures and lunched engines are common enough to be a worry!

[rat840771]

Popped out yesterday, the roads were lethal and the TC was lighting up like an Xmas tree

[rev-erend]

Janluke said:

Dry and crisp in this part of Scotland so a wee run out on the Gpz. I was briefly 19 again!

You are Tom Cruise.

Top Gun

Edited by rev-erend on Monday 9th November 11:46

[BuzzBravado]

Janluke said:

Dry and crisp in this part of Scotland so a wee run out on the Gpz.

The Borders have some great roads. I was up at Whiteadder at the weekend, but the roads were too muddy from tractors.

[Birky_41]

Darkslider said:

Is it an RSV4? Don't take any chances with valve related problems if so, spring failures and lunched engines are common enough to be a worry!

Tuono and exhaust valve (the bit that keeps noise down but they pretend gives better low end power)

Appreciate heads up though as yes the earlier v4's were a bit valve happy

[Pete-mojsh]

rat840771 said:

Popped out yesterday, the roads were lethal and the TC was lighting up like an Xmas tree

Bike stop in stevenage?

I managed to get out both days at the weekend, Saturday was lovely but Sunday was a bit of a battle, having rained overnight and going a bit more rural in my route it was a bad choice, farm crap all over the road, leaves and a general greasiness that didn't inspire confidence. Ended up heading back towards home and did a bit of mod1 practice to keep it fresh, I was due to have the test next week but that could be next year now.

[rat840771]

Yeah bike stop, yes the B roads were to be avoided. Good to get out thou as was very mild

[Krikkit]

Birky_41 said:

Tuono and exhaust valve (the bit that keeps noise down but they pretend gives better low end power)

Appreciate heads up though as yes the earlier v4's were a bit valve happy

Possibly worth fitting an eliminator then you can remove the actuator and gubbins, fitted one of these to my Monster and it works a treat.

https://www.healtech-electronics.com/products/ese/

[Bob_Defly]

Maybe the last ride of the season? It was 20C this weekend. And that's not sand we were on, it was an amazing carpet of pine needles.