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Deadpool2 wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 3:30 pm I am looking forward to an in depth review. I also realised that I may well follow your footsteps in a year or two, sigh

If the weather holds, you're more than welcome to come over for a test ride.

weeksy wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:10 pm The list is currently very short.

Radiator guard
Paddock stand bobbins
heated grips
None of which have been ordered yet, but will be in the next 48 hours.

With the longer term list of being
Quickshifter
Rear Shock.
Tail tidy

So out of the list, everything is now either here or almost here apart from the QS. I don't really want to get the QS until I've put a few hundred miles on the bike and considering the weather now I don't exactly know when that may be.

The tail tidy install seems a bit more involved than I thought but nothing too tricky. Couch was telling me that the shock is easier with rear wheel and hugger out. So I've made a note of all the torque settings I'll need for that and indeed all jobs. But it's now simply just a case of waiting for it to arrive.

It's now insured and I'm ready to go

weeksy wrote: Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:27 pm

weeksy wrote: Wed Oct 13, 2021 12:10 pm The list is currently very short.

Radiator guard
Paddock stand bobbins
heated grips
None of which have been ordered yet, but will be in the next 48 hours.

With the longer term list of being
Quickshifter
Rear Shock.
Tail tidy

So out of the list, everything is now either here or almost here apart from the QS.

Everything?

Seems like you're still missing one bit

Well yes, the biggest big... but that's always not been due until Thurs... so no major shock.

I know the feeling well..?

Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

I guess they'll not get here till after lunch assuming they only start loading this morning

weeksy wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:11 am Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

Get them to bring some pies down too....

v8-powered wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:28 am

weeksy wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:11 am Aye, i know that one... Mine is coming from Wigan (as is yours)

Get them to bring some pies down too....

Too late, he's only 30 mins away having just come from Portsmouth.

Will it be being flashed?

2021-10-21_12-20-19 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Hah! Flouro wheels! Still nice looking bike that! Enjoy.

weeksy wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:21 pm 2021-10-21_12-20-19 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Go get it dirty.

Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:20 pm Will it be being flashed?

Yes, Weeksy's got his mack on already.

Demannu wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:20 pm Will it be being flashed?

Depends. Some ECU can't be done apparently so need to take a pic of it. But if it can, then yes

Have you sent it back yet?

Quick lunch-break ride. But first i threw the radiator guard and swingarm bobbins on there. Wanted to keep the radiator nice, so it was done before riding.

I've been reading the usual conflicting ideas on running it in, but for me, it's a Yamaha so it's been given the plan of 'just ride it normally' so that's what i've been doing with it, just riding it normally. Not taking it up to the redline/limiter, but giving it a decent thrapping anyway.

First impressions are, well as you'd expect, i like it lots... it does exactly what it's supposed to. It goes, stops, turns and does everything you want and need in a bike.

Things i don't like.
1. It seems a bit windier than i recall
2. The throttle is a lonnnnnnnnng turn to the stop.

both are easily fixed of course, 1 with a screen, so i may ping a message to one of our forum vendors and 2 with an R6 throttle tube... (but made slightly more complex by having the heated grips fitted).

Other than those bits and a bit of road dirt from their test ride, it's a lovely thing. It'll get ACF50 and the rear shock fitted this evening if my lad wants to play with spanners, if not, the shock may wait until the weekend.

It looks well,health to enjoy.

2021-10-21_02-41-42 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-41-52 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-41-57 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

2021-10-21_02-42-02 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr

Happy New Bike Day ....... hope you enjoy it as much as the build up suggests.

Who knows, i might even get to see it in a few months