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Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:56 pm
by Bustaspoke
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?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:58 pm
by Taipan
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?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:59 pm
by Taipan
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?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:21 pm
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.
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 3:49 pm
by Skub
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?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 4:50 pm
by Supermofo
My GSXS followed road imperfections with the OE Dunlops, made it feel nervous. The Roads 5s have improved that a lot
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:57 pm
by weeksy
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?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:24 pm
by Dodgy69
3 weeks max.
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:27 pm
by Bustaspoke
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.
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
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:43 pm
by weeksy
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.
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
I did
You mean
@Couchy yeah?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 4:50 pm
by Taipan
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:03 pm
by Yorick
It matches the hair
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:03 pm
by Skub
Did they not have one in your size?
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:03 pm
by Yorick
The Adidas tracky bottoms are cool
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:04 pm
by weeksy
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.
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:42 pm
by Taipan
Yorick wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:03 pm
It matches the hair
White for my hair. Red for my ruddy complexion and black for the shadows of my jowls!
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:11 pm
by Taipan
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!
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2023 1:32 pm
by gremlin
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.
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 5:14 pm
by Taipan
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.
Re: NBT: Sexy red beast has been bought and heading my way!
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 6:12 pm
by Mr Moofo
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.
Apparently electrical shrink wrap works just as well
