NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!

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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!

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If it's following every little groove in the road,I would experiment with the tyre pressure,after that I would try adjusting the suspension.
If you want to throw money at it,fit a new pair of tyres & see how that changes things.
How long are you planning on keeping it for?
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Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm If it's following every little groove in the road,I would experiment with the tyre pressure,after that I would try adjusting the suspension.
If you want to throw money at it,fit a new pair of tyres & see how that changes things.
How long are you planning on keeping it for?
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!

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Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm If it's following every little groove in the road,I would experiment with the tyre pressure,after that I would try adjusting the suspension.
If you want to throw money at it,fit a new pair of tyres & see how that changes things.
How long are you planning on keeping it for?
Front suspension isnt adjustable at all. But I will check tyre pressures and maybe adjust them +/- a few psi? :thumbup:
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

My Suzuki does the following grooves thing when the rear tyre is worn, the front doesn't seem to be a problem.
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Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:58 pm
Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm How long are you planning on keeping it for?
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My GSXS followed road imperfections with the OE Dunlops, made it feel nervous. The Roads 5s have improved that a lot
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Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm How long are you planning on keeping it for?
What day is it now. Mmmm Wed.

Friday?
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3 weeks max. 😁
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weeksy wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:57 pm
Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm How long are you planning on keeping it for?
What day is it now. Mmmm Wed.

Friday?
I didn't mean it as a cheap shot,but if he's getting shut after a couple of weeks it would be hard to justify buying a pair of tyre's. :x
FWIW I have a mate who would frequently buy a bike from the local bike shop,spend £££'s on it,get bored & sell it back to the shop a few weeks later for what he paid for it.Bike shop told him he was their favourite customer :D
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Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:27 pm
weeksy wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:57 pm
Bustaspoke wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm How long are you planning on keeping it for?
What day is it now. Mmmm Wed.

Friday?
I didn't mean it as a cheap shot,but if he's getting shut after a couple of weeks it would be hard to justify buying a pair of tyre's. :x
FWIW I have a mate who would frequently buy a bike from the local bike shop,spend £££'s on it,get bored & sell it back to the shop a few weeks later for what he paid for it.Bike shop told him he was their favourite customer :D
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You mean @Couchy yeah?
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As it’s a keeper I bought a nice jacket to go with it. The back view is the one you’ll most likely see! 😁



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It matches the hair :D
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Did they not have one in your size? :P
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The Adidas tracky bottoms are cool :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Oh my. It's very very Ducati!

I'm not one to talk. I had multiple Ducati jackets and a full on 1 piece suit for racing.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:03 pm It matches the hair :D
White for my hair. Red for my ruddy complexion and black for the shadows of my jowls! :(



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Awake at 4 in the morning. The wife and I are on our phones shopping. She is jying a handbag. I’m buying a evotech rad and engine guard! 😁
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Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:11 pm Awake at 4 in the morning. The wife and I are on our phones shopping.
And that's how you know you've got old. :lol:
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Something I didnt like about the bike, or at least niggled me a bit, was the throttle play. Turns out its a thing with fly-by-wire throttles on Ducatis, Triumphs KTMs etc and is easily cured by simple throttle spacers. :thumbup:

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Taipan wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:14 pm Something I didnt like about the bike, or at least niggled me a bit, was the throttle play. Turns out its a thing with fly-by-wire throttles on Ducatis, Triumphs KTMs etc and is easily cured by simple throttle spacers. :thumbup:

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Apparently electrical shrink wrap works just as well