NBT: I've just bought my forever bike!

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Has the paint come off the swingarm or is that dirt?
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Supermofo wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:40 pm Has the paint come off the swingarm or is that dirt?
Dirt. I think... :?
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Taipan wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 4:16 pm
Supermofo wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:40 pm Has the paint come off the swingarm or is that dirt?
Dirt. I think... :?
Good, honest dirt from an all year round biker. Wear it with pride. :thumbup:
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Definitely gotta be dirt....
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Dodgy69 wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:53 pm Definitely gotta be dirt....
I'll find out when the bike cleaner bloke lens it! :D
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Booked in for the 22nd. :thumbup:
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Bike clean man is here. Even he said he's git his work cut out here! :oops:

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What's that pipe in the first pic? Is that standard?
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Taff wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:16 am What's that pipe in the first pic? Is that standard?
Not sure wiothout looking but suspect its the loom to the aux lights?
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Cleaning to sell?
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So much crap has come of the bike, I'm going to have to clean the drive when he's gone! :?
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Taipan wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:25 am So much crap has come of the bike, I'm going to have to clean the drive when he's gone! :?
Get him to do it !


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Taipan wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:25 am So much crap has come of the bike, I'm going to have to clean the drive when he's gone! :?
If we ever go enduro after it's rained, we all go to the jet wash place and give them our mud :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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I think its so dirty because I keep going exploring dark lanes which have mud and crap all over them. So its the stupid adventure bikes fault for making me go on adventures! :think: :D
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Taipan wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:12 pm I think its so dirty because I keep going exploring dark lanes which have mud and crap all over them. So its the stupid adventure bikes fault for making me go on adventures! :think: :D
Or, you could buy a hose :D
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David wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:23 am Cleaning to sell?
Been thinking about selling it a lot lately, as I do struggle getting on and off of it and manoeuvring it across my garden etc. But once i'm on the go I really like it, like properly like it, as its a fantastic bike for me, fairly smooth, fuels well, good weather protection, economical, comfortable, just that its a bloody behmouth to move about.

I've still got the CB1000R laying about and I really liked that as it surprised me so much. I didn't expect a IL4 to be so grunty with good smooth linear power. I have more movement in my leg now and reckon I could ride it, so I had thought of putting the AT up for sale and falling back on the CB1R if it sold. But I think I know i'd regret doing so and doubt i'd keep the CB1R for any length of time and I really dont know what other bike I could have, as wanting an auto/DCT limits your choice...
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weeksy wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:51 pmscrubs up nice
It was the cleanest bike i've ever owned. It was cleaner than the ex-demo Tmax I bought a while ago. The bike clearer guy remarked at how well it came up and that it had certainly never seen hard work. I said to him that when I went to see it I couldn't relate the age of it to its condition and looking at it now, I still cant. Its almost too nice for me to ruin as an all weather hack! :thumbdown:
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Taipan wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:06 pm
weeksy wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:51 pmscrubs up nice
It was the cleanest bike i've ever owned. It was cleaner than the ex-demo Tmax I bought a while ago. The bike clearer guy remarked at how well it came up and that it had certainly never seen hard work. I said to him that when I went to see it I couldn't relate the age of it to its condition and looking at it now, I still cant. Its almost too nice for me to ruin as an all weather hack! :thumbdown:
This and the previous posts tells me, you think WAY too much mate.