Finally came back from this 4 days road-trip down south. Approximately 1500km round trip. And all that in pretty good company. The bike now has reached 18.000 km which means 6000k since I restarted it last spring. I must confess that I rode that thing a little harder than I ever meant to… But what a blast! The Weber delivered like a dream, never skipping a beat, with many wide open throttle turn exits and the bike was deemed « impressively fast » by all witnesses. And excruciatingly uncomfortable. I don’t notice, you see, I am used to it. But having test ridden a 94 900ss, I realized how « easy » these are in comparison… The frame has to explain the difference. And may be also the forks. Stiff, old fashioned riding. And on the fairly uneven and bumpy back roads of the Quercy, it was challenging… The bike was nicknamed the « Iron Maiden » by my mates. Now on to a deep clean of this evil beauty, before a new addition makes its way into our stable.
Lovely, I know what you mean about wide open throttle on the exits, very thrilling experience, however something you must never never do is brake mid corner as it’ll cause the bike to stand bolt upright and throw the rider clean off…. or so I’ve read
Yep, the only brake I personally use in those corners I may have entered over optimistically fast, is the rear.
This morning, it was a deep clean/check up for this lady. During our recent trip, there was a bit of rain involved. Not so much as we were riding (30 minutes total on Friday), but heavy rains all night Friday to Saturday. With bikes parked outside in the open. That, and after over 5000km without any checking, the clutch was one of my priorities today. Everything was still working perfectly, easy to find neutral, no groaning, etc. But for how long? Loads of friction dust and some light surface rust appearing on the springs. 45 minutes to get the discs out, blow the dust out of everything, clean, grease where needed and it looks like new again. Take care of your dry clutches and you will have many happy miles!
I am so happy today as I finally found (and received from Japan) a part that I have been searching for a while for this bike: a vintage radiator guard. It came with a spare nose fairing, which ain’t too bad either, really. Happy times!
And there it is on the nose cone. It’s perfectly adjusted, looks really clean and even OEM. I find this really cool.
