Bike dithering again

Yep. I cover mine with a bit of aluminium tape.

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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

No, 160/60 17 rear. The rubber monsters appear to have eaten half my
sentence.

Suppose I could. What's the tyre of choice for being squared off and
used on a motorway?

 

Avon Speedmasters. They used to come pre-squared.

 

There's an idea.

Ta, I keep forgetting I have that bookmarked. I've created an account
i'll have a read of the FAQ and do an intro later.

Ooo I'm not sure I'm awake enough for text gibberish.

PS Your old Honda is *lovely* but it's just not me.

 

I parsed that as "party worms".

Deathmasters.

 

A proper smile sweetly rather than the scary smile sweetly? Oh heck
I'm not sure if I remember how to do that

That would be an option but given elephant conditions I'm going to go
with new I think, thoght thanks for the offer.

I need to come over to see you to bring the books back. I'm not
allowed to drive yet (which is getting really irritating) but there's
no rush.

You saw the pictures yes?

A little bit of both. I love it because I ride it, whereas I sit on
the Honda. I've priced up new fairings as well as the MOT essentials.

Basically as soon as i can ride I'll take it for an MOT, get the fail
cert and start working through.

 

What's the point of that?

 

I did. When it gets that bad, I'm not sure your tyres make much
difference.

I will await progress reports. Sadly, my much loved 1979 Morini 2C/375
has been temporarily cannibalised to create the "Forgotten Error". This
has proved to be something of a disappointment, so I plan to rebuild the
2C again. Not interested in bulling it up though, as given its hybrid
nature it will never gain favour from the purists. I just really love
riding it (well I did in 2005/2006 when it was last on the road).

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Conti Road Attack or Metzeler Z6. You can also get Michelin Pilot Road
2 in that size but they aren't cheap. 120/60 and 160/60 are SV sizes
and those three are the current choice for sports touring on the SV
forum.

 

I'll know if there's anything else I haven't taken into account and
exactly what needs to be done.

 

That's what I do with the full race Akrapovic system on my CBR600 only
I have a bit of insulting tape. Total waste of time because it's been
noise tested at Oulton Park and is quieter than my daughter's 2 week
old GSXR600 K8 which was noise tested there too. Mine was 97db, hers
was 99db.

 

Solvol and a rag removed the markings from a bike of mine, only took a
few minutes.

 

Ta Loz - it's got at least one Conti Road Attack on it atm so I'll go
with those.

 

*DINGLY-DING*

If LN thinks it's going to be 600 quid, it's bound to be more - it
always is.

This one is in black: http://search.ebay.co.uk/230289433807

Needs a bit of attention to tart it up but it's got to be a better
starting poing than LN's, IWHT.

 

Indeed.

I still think the best way forward is to buy a new-ish decent 600,
like Suze did, then have it lowered by a professional suspension
genius. All this throwing money at old bikes is a waste of time in
the long run.

 

But LN likes the ZXR too much. Getting a decent one that will last a
few more years would be the best compromise. Then she's only got to
give a bit of TLC to make it last.

Quite. I haven't had an old bike for 25 years and the oldest I've ever
had was the nine and a bit year old 9R, but then I'd had that from new.

 

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It's pretty.

Oh gods yes and then some.

Damn you CT!

 

I wouldn't touch an H, the Ls were the only ones worth bothering with.

 

But it will be mine.

Because I could go and buy the 5K unregistered one on the IOM if I
wanted. It's not about the money, it is about that bike and its
history.

It's not about the money...

And again I say...

 

In communiqué <>, Lady Nina
<> cast forth these pearls of wisdom

But, steel has no 'soul', no more than silicon. It can't tell you its
memories, even though it may trigger many.

If you want to treasure it as a relic, do so, but put it out to grass
like an old pit pony, not grind it to death doing the Elephant.


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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest * 2 Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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