(small) Bike Things You've Done Today

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Cream_Revenge, Nov 15, 2018.

  1. Looks a peach, perhaps with matching leathers as opposed to black ones.:thinkingface:
     
  2. Don’t think so. I’ll leave that to youth :)
     
  3. I guess the classic black leather matchs any future motorcycle colours, and the way you change bikes on a regular basis that make sense.
     
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  4. Exactly that :)
     
  5. FUGGIN BRR. why does he always wait until the coldest days of the week to suggest we go for a run?. god craic tho. got chatting to a couple at the petrol station who had been camping in the Hidden Valley up Glencoe. i asked them if perchance they were mad. he laughed and told us about back home ridding and camping above the snowline in the Himalayas. yip, they're mad.
     
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  6. Plugged the trickle charger into the RT ready for the morning as it hasn’t been used for at least two weeks
     
  7. Wife suggested a ride out today so duly obliged. Quickly realised 2 things, firstly I am a pansy and fucking hate the cold, secondly I STILL hadn’t changed the shagged pogo stick on my winter hack :no_mouth:. Earlier in the year I managed to snag a brand spanking new R6 shock for £80, a direct fit and upgrade with damping/rebound and compression adjustment .

    After bobbing around today like a nodding dog I decided to throw the shock on. What an improvement already and that’s from just sitting on the bike in the garage, can’t wait to actually ride the POS :joy:

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  8. A wild guess but is that location Lydd on Sea.:thinkingface:
     
  9. Spot on, point of the journey was picking stuff up from the in-laws who live there. Personally I favoured the car with heated seats and windscreen but Mrs slingy decided she wanted to get out in her bike . It was feckin Baltic down there and the mist was no fun either !
     
  10. I've only travelled down to the Dungeness power station area twice now, so very pleased with that guess.:)
     
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  11. Final test fitting of the ssa to the rgv250. Wish suzuki and honda cooperated when designing suspension :mad:
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  12. I thought I’d try webuyanybike.com for a price on my V2.

    I know they are a trade dealer and have to make a profit but I wonder if they ever manage to buy any bikes with the ridiculous offers they make.
     
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  13. £10250 is my bet.
     
  14. Close. £11k
     
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  15. Not absolutely horrific then. I was offered a new bog standard unregistered one for £13995 late last year from a Ducati dealer.
     
  16. It’s bloody awful compared to the offer I’ve been made.

    ps You should have bought it for £14k if you didn’t, as you’d be in profit by now :)
     
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  17. Whenever I'm part exchanging, it's just the cost to change I'm interested in, from my experience, when I bought the v4 streetfighter, there was a massive difference between dealers within the same group, ie Manchester, Stoke and Preston
     
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  18. Which gave the best offer?
     
  19. Preston, by about 2 grand
     
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  20. Fitted a new DID chain.
     
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