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Them there are some serious bars Cods! Nice 

Yes it should save a few tears if I ever hit the gravel

Very GOOD!

Removed note from postie... Sprung Cods.. Seen ya put it on... I thought what is that postie doing at my bike       

BUSTED

YEP!   

Are you working there or just visiting that place?

Work there mate on a casual basis 

Cool, I guess we will see more of each other then
Not that I will ever stop but you will see me fly past occasionally

Prolly...

AND



You'll stop as I'll throw out the road spikes!

Washed and polished it with micro fibre cloths. it was a happy. Of course it is raining today and the poor beast is rather sad looking again.

does she live outside makman?

I replaced my brake lever today after she was knocked over wed.

Quote from: Zookmang on September 09, 2013, 01:00:04 AM
does she live outside makman?

Yes, on the street in miserable London.  All my bikes have.  Gets washed regularly enough and will be giving it a nice ACF50 treatment session when I get another can.  Just a case of time. I've got some Scottoiler FS365, but the ACF50 is way better.

Is ACF50 a bit like WD40? Surely You'd need to drown her in the stuff to stop corrosion over there, with salty roads and stuff?

http://www.acf-50.co.uk/motorcycle.htm have a read.  Kept my Triumph Looking new for 4 years of winter riding.

Looks like good stuff, interesting that it neutralizes salt.

And more. it is a case of apply and leave for the winter season.  Clean bike in Spring and apply again.  It stays on under light washing, so cleaning off heavy salt crud with cold water is fine.  Cleaning bike using SnowFoam or bike gel will clean it off. Do not get it on your calipers or discs!!!
Reasonably pricey, but worth the spend. 

I've just got to get a can for the Suzuki as the paintwork is noticably thinner than on the Triumph/Honda/Yamaha's have had before.  I've stripped and repainted parts of the swingarm already.  But, the engine is a peach and I'm quite happy with the little thing as a very competent commuter.

Might have to get something like this soon, my bike is a year old and has signs of rust forming on the welds in the frame. Sh** paint job. And my bike lives undercover, just gets rainy weather sometimes on the commute.

Well worth it. If you don't have a compressor to atomise the ACF50, I just spray it into a small cap and use a small width paint brush to apply. It is then accurately placed on all metal parts where I want it and minimises waste which gladdens my Scottish heart!

woke up at 5:30 am unexplainably. what would most reasonable peopel do" Go to the bathroom...water, back to bed for another hour.

what did I do? went to the lot with a few wrenches, steel wool and grease and rubbed the rust off the bolts of the headlight triangle. Greased the threads and replaced. One at a time so the headlight adjustments stayed the same.

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Quote from: nico on September 09, 2013, 09:08:48 AM
woke up at 5:30 am unexplainably. what would most reasonable peopel do" Go to the bathroom...water, back to bed for another hour.

what did I do? went to the lot with a few wrenches, steel wool and grease and rubbed the rust off the bolts of the headlight triangle. Greased the threads and replaced. One at a time so the headlight adjustments stayed the same.

  ... Good job that Man!! ... Dedication! 

Added oil, made a tool kit with everything I need for general maintenance/repairs, and pulled off left and right covers just to take a peek and make sure everything's intact. I found some metal flashing on the rotor side, though... Dunno what that's all about...

Tried to figure out a place to mount a GPS... the mount I bought is not great. Mounts to the handlebars but doesn't work very well with clipons... didn't think this through before I made the purchase lol. Still have to work something out. Also, wires came loose on the right side turn signal so fixed that.

They have mounts that fit into the steering stem..


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Quote from: AlexT on September 09, 2013, 06:45:47 PM
Tried to figure out a place to mount a GPS... the mount I bought is not great. Mounts to the handlebars but doesn't work very well with clipons... didn't think this through before I made the purchase lol. Still have to work something out. Also, wires came loose on the right side turn signal so fixed that.

By any chance is it a Ram Mount 1" ball system like this?

It's got a ball mount, yep, but you can see how the base for the ball is pretty thick/wide. It fits on the clipons but doesn't allow the mount to rotate to an angle to point directly at you. I'd rather not purchase another mount at this point. Probably going to cut off a section of my old handlebars and put it back into the handlebar mounts, attach the gps mount to that, and call it a day. Assuming that I can still put the key in the ignition without trouble.

This is how I have my Garmin GPS mounted to my WR, the Ram Mount system is very stable...even off-road, maybe you can get some ideas from my photos? I can turn my GPS up and down or across, they have different length arms also.

I bought this Ram Mount 1" ball... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012TRIY4/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1