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!
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?
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!
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!
Front suspension isnt adjustable at all. But I will check tyre pressures and maybe adjust them +/- a few psi?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!
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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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
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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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
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.
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
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
I didBustaspoke wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:27 pmI 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.
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
You mean @Couchy yeah?
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
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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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Did they not have one in your size?
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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.
I'm not one to talk. I had multiple Ducati jackets and a full on 1 piece suit for racing.
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
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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And that's how you know you've got old.
All aboard the Peckham Pigeon! All aboard!
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
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.
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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Apparently electrical shrink wrap works just as well