It lives!!!!!

My K7 GSX-R 1000 I picked up at the auctions finally lives. After iks
post about security systems and new Suzukis I jumped on Perth Street
Bikes to see if I could find the key for it. As luck would have it the
previous owner contacted me and he still had both keys. Saving me $2300
for a new ecu and lockset. : ) I was a happy camper. Today my radiator
arrived from the states and I installed it. After addding coolant it
fired up first push of the button and purred. So now all I need is a
headlight, my plastics from Hong Kong and maybe a rear subframe and it
should be on the road. Can't wait. I reckon it is about 4 weeks away.
After a country ride on the Triumph this week I've decided to get rid
of it and keep the gixxer. It just fits me better and the Trumpy kills
my wrists after 50kms.

Fraser

 

It just fits me better and the Trumpy kills my wrists after 50kms.
LOL! Wait till u see what the GSXR does to ya wrists then! Bloke I
raced with has one, he only does short shots as it fucks his wrists,
the leaning angle on them.

 

Fraser's a 675 Date-owner.

 

Yeah Suzukis quote for it. There is no way they can replace lost keys
according to the 4 dealers I rang. Pain in the arse.

Got the radiator for $300 off US ebay. Cheapest quote here from the
dealer was $650.

Subframe may be a little bent. If it is I'll replace it. Won't know
until I get all the plastics off.

Trumpy is a Daytona 675.

Fraser

 

Way better fit for my body type on the gixxer. Horses for courses and
all that. The gixxer is a lot lower as well. You really perch on the
Daytona. Plus I miss the mid range stonk of the Blackbird and the
Suzuki should have that in spades.

Fraser

 

Owning a Daytona 675 is OK, but riding one takes a committed masochist.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Are you under 6' ?

 

Well under. I used to be 5'10" before the operation.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I have ridden one for some distance but I have long limbs and stall much
taller than you , perhaps if you use top gear and stay moving it will
ease the wrists ?

 

Mate, I can't even sit on a Daytona in the showroom, which is why I have
the Street Triple.

I can do the curled up leg bit, since I've got the Daytona pegs fitted,
but having the hands that far forward and down is way too much for me.

I can understand that most folk riding them are younger, fitter and
bendier than I am...... not a big ask! .....but even at that, I still
reckon that doing a 1,000kms in a day would require serious amounts of
masochism.

I can imagine, from how the Striple goes, that the Daytona is a really
nice sports bike, but it'll never, sensibly, be called a sports/tourer.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I concurr. At 5'10" as well the riding position is truly awful for me.
That is the main reason I am getting rid of it.

Fraser

 

If your weight is on your wrists, then you're doing it wrong.

 

Thanks mate, but I have a wife to tell me that sort of stuff.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Johno wrote:

Cheers, mate.

BTW I had a bottle of the Coopers "hi-octane" ale yesterday (7.5%), and
it was very nice.

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Tell us how to do it right.

Fraser

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:22:44 +0800

THe spine is a rope. to keep the shoulders up you have to brace the
spine to make it a braced rope.

If you just tense the back muscles then it might pull the shoulders
back but it will pull the back ino a curve and most of the body will
still be forward.

So you engage the core muscles - abs and obliques and corset - to
stabilise the lower back in neutral spine position so it's not
overarched and the spinal erector muscles have something to pull
against to keep the upper body where it's supposed to be.

You then brace the hips in neutral position by using the lower abs and
hip flexors and upper quads so the legs help to position and stabilise
the torso.

The end result is holding the upper body up the way you are supposed
to rather than leaning on your hands and putting silly steering inputs
in.

(And the ability to hold the body straight and where you want it without
putting too much weight on your hands while bracing the hips and steering
straight has other uses....)

Zebee

 

My lovely wife's crook back means that she's not getting much use out
of her Hyosung GT650R. After looking at the website pix of the GT650R
and GT650S, it seems to me that replacing the clip-ons with riser bars
should be quite doable:

http://www.hyosung.com.au/Products/GT650R.html
http://www.hyosung.com.au/Products/GT650S-Tourer.html

Swapping the screen, handlebar brackets, upper brake line, clutch &
throttle cables should do the trick. Now I just have to get her to
test ride a GT650S before I start spending money...


BTH

 

Or you just ride ridiculously fast so air pressure takes the weight
off your wrists. Works for me.

 

Well.... when you have a bike, anyway..... <evil wicked grin>

betty, running away
PS does that really work? And does it help with the shoulder twinges, or are
they just a consequence of me being old and arthritic? Wrists be fine, lower
back be fine.... shoulders seem stuffed...

 

Yes, and on a naked bike it requires lower speeds than a faired bike

JL