Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Well, it was wiped down this morning, then using a rag soaked with ACF-50 was given some love to the metal bits that may corrode over time. It's now under the cover and sitting there till spring.
Due to CV19 lockdown and having the broken hand for 8 weeks, i don't really feel i got the most out of this year on it.

What about the bike?

[Yorick]

Well, it was wiped down this morning, then using a rag soaked with ACF-50 was given some love to the metal bits that may corrode over time. It's now under the cover and sitting there till spring.
Due to CV19 lockdown and having the broken hand for 8 weeks, i don't really feel i got the most out of this year on it.

What about the bike?

Not like you to be funny

[weeksy]

Had to go to the farm shop for food for the weekend.

2020-11-06_02-25-14 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Roads once again were not wonderful.... but i got a decent lick of pace on a couple of sections to cheer me up

[Supermofo]

Lucky bugger, totally white with salt here

[weeksy]

Lucky bugger, totally white with salt here

It's got to get VERY frosty for them to come out to the wilds.

[Skub]

That'll mean another mega cleaning session!

No salt here as yet. I don't recall the last time I rode anything other than the scooter in November. Long may it continue.

[weeksy]

That'll mean another mega cleaning session!

No salt here as yet. I don't recall the last time I rode anything other than the scooter in November. Long may it continue.

Nah, it wasn't far and ive got about 5 mins of wiping down only. But it's seeming more like "last ride" as the surfaces are getting just a bit crappier each and every time i look to go out now and i can't se it getting an better.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Had to go to the farm shop for food for the weekend.

2020-11-06_02-25-14 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Roads once again were not wonderful.... but i got a decent lick of pace on a couple of sections to cheer me up

That would look nice if the tail light wasn't there, without the silver triangle plates and with some side panels.
But the tail light is especially weird and minging.

[weeksy]

Had to go to the farm shop for food for the weekend.

2020-11-06_02-25-14 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Roads once again were not wonderful.... but i got a decent lick of pace on a couple of sections to cheer me up

That would look nice if the tail light wasn't there, without the silver triangle plates and with some side panels.
But the tail light is especially weird and minging.

I've tried others and it ends up turning it into something it's not.

[weeksy]

Well i went to clean... and as we all thought and felt, the exhaust doesn't stand up to the roads.

If it's this marked/chipped after about 20 miles, then how's it going to be after 1000.

2020-11-06_04-07-00 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

So back to the MT-09 exhaust we go. That's how it's going to be in the long term.
2020-11-06_04-07-12 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I've tried others and it ends up turning it into something it's not.

Got any pics?

I've seen the ones with LCish bodywork and they just look wrong, backend to high and the whole bike out of proportion.

I prefer the round exhaust, but it's your bike and you should make it how you like it.

[weeksy]

I've tried others and it ends up turning it into something it's not.

Got any pics?

2020-08-11_03-31-40 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2020-08-11_03-31-59 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2020-08-15_11-44-52 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I think with the mudguard, but without the taillight bolted on top would look good.

[Skub]

Our eye is used to something between the tail assembly and the seat,I think that's why the tail tidy doesn't work as well as it should.

[Dodgy69]

Well i went to clean... and as we all thought and felt, the exhaust doesn't stand up to the roads.

If it's this marked/chipped after about 20 miles, then how's it going to be after 1000.

2020-11-06_04-07-00 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

So back to the MT-09 exhaust we go. That's how it's going to be in the long term.
2020-11-06_04-07-12 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Exhaust wrap.???

[weeksy]

Well i went to clean... and as we all thought and felt, the exhaust doesn't stand up to the roads.

If it's this marked/chipped after about 20 miles, then how's it going to be after 1000.

2020-11-06_04-07-00 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

So back to the MT-09 exhaust we go. That's how it's going to be in the long term.
2020-11-06_04-07-12 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Exhaust wrap.???

Wash your mouth out with soap young Mr knees

[Claude]

Mt09 can looks ace!

[Taipan]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Widow- ... Sw765fnpwU

https://tinyurl.com/yydf23ou

[Skub]

Mt09 can looks ace!

Agree. It looks the most factory,like it belongs. Bugger all that tooshing about with black headers,then the paint stays on for a couple of journeys.

[weeksy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Widow- ... Sw765fnpwU

https://tinyurl.com/yydf23ou

That one ended for £215... i debated it and was watching at the end, but decided against.