Running in

I seem to have got myself in the position of having to get a bike run
in and get it's 500 mile service done between this Friday afternoon and
the Thursday before the TOG Tour departure.

I hope the forecast for the weekend is good.

 

Best of luck. I'm in a similar position about a change of tyres.

I was going to get the BT45's on t'Bandit replaced after the French
Run but the 200 mile journey to Derby had the rear near the the wear
indicator and the trip back to Kent finished them off. Front and rear
BT45's were therefore ordered this morning.

 

Odd choice.. why'd you go for 45's when 020's would be a better
selection, and the ones that bridgestones website suggests for the
bandit 6 nowadays?

 

ginge says...

Or lovely cheap Avon Azaro 3 AV45/46STs at £115 plus £6-95 delivery

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/110-70ZR17-150-70ZR17-Avon-Azaro-AV45-AV46-
Tyres_W0QQitemZ300004192865QQihZ020QQcategoryZ21669QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewI
tem

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Can I be your new best friend please? I am sure you'll want to have a
go on my 955 so that you can appreciate the advantages all the more of
the later model. I'll keep an eye on your bike while you're gone.

 

What a kind chap.

 

That's very kind of you but I already know that the 955 model is far
too heavy.

It was your's that TOG and I helped you bump start off of the ferry
last year wasn't it? Of course, it could have just been the weight of
the rider )

 

I am afraid it was. Of course you have my eternal gratitude, which is
why I am more than happy to safeguard your pride and joy for you.

You'll be pleased to know that the battery I put in in France last May
is still going strong so I'm fully expecting to not require any such
favours this year. I do hope there aren't any deer en route....

 

They had BT45's on them already. Most of the mileage will be upright
commuting so it's more useful for me to have a more hard-wearing
centre strip to the tyre.

I did consider Avons but I've been happy with the BT45's it's had on
for nearly a year. Plus I've already ordered them.

 

It'll probably be a roe-roe ferry.

 

GO TO YOUR ROOM! NOW!!

 

BGN says...

020s are longer lasting than BT45s, you numpty. Avons are longer lasting
still.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

How do you work that out then, I thought the 020s are supposed to be
softer?

 

You certainly got to the hart of the matter.

Phil

 

Rough crossing will make him sika.

 

I understood that the 020's were softer and, according to
Bridgestone's website the 45's have a harder compound down the centre
so they last longer when commuting upright. Anyway, I'm happy with
the 45's that were on the Bandit when I purchased it, I was happy with
them on my old ER-5 and I've ordered them already.

 

J&S sell waterproofs for 29 quid.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Or, at the very least, sea red.

 

And get your chain guard fastened properly while you're farting about with
the wheels. It could have some fuckers eye out that thing could.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Oh yes, Scraggy has also pointed this out to me. It needs something
as simple as a nut. Or a cable tie. Will do this tomorrow before
work.

When it fell over a few months ago (slippery road) and snapped the LHS
peg hanger off it lost the screw then.