Can you tell me the make of the fork gaitors, please
Also, which foot pegs as they don't look stock?
Looks good
JB, sorry to be unhelpful but I don't have a clue. The pack the pegs came in has a ripped label but I can tell you they were £45. If you speak to Amir at Colin Appleyard's, I'm sure he'll be able to find out for you, similarly with the gaitors.
Today I had a longer ride, to see Mikeyboy of Overland and Classic fame.
Mike was able to fit me some heated grip films and rewire the USB ports so that they weren't constantly on. Usually I leave my bike with Mike and return to pick it up when the work is done. I had a free afternoon so was able to watch him at work. I pretended to be useful by holding stuff and making coffee.
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What was nice to see is Mike's almost OCD attention to detail and doing the job properly. I always knew he was good by the work done on my other bikes, but to actually see him at work was great.
When I've spent a bit more time on the bike, I shall return to see Mike to get some lights fitted to the bike, I've gone for a pair of
Clearwater Darlas. As it happens, returning home from Mike's it seems I'll need better lights as the headlight on the Alp isn't that good. The mainbeam is okay but the dipped is too low and not that bright. I'll see if I can raise it up, but with the Darla lights as running lights, I can just turn them up when I need extra.
What we found with the Alp undressed from the usual cheap plastic of modern bikes is a pretty solid well set up bike on the whole.
The only downside is that the petrol pipe supplied on the bike is not as strong as well sucked liquorice from a sherbet fountain, as I found out on the way back from Mike's the first time, when the bike stopped down a dark lane.
If you fold the pipe 4 or 5 times it breaks in two. Softer than butter. Again, Mike came to the rescue, fixed it enough to get back his workshop and fitted some proper pipe.
Overall, I'm really pleased with the bike and the little fettles will make it more mine as time goes on. I just need to get and ride it a bit to get used to it.
Thanks again to Mike for sorting the bike out at short notice. Tomorrow I'll be out for a longer ride.