ExpatinIstanbul
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Take off the upper plastics, spray on and work in loads of WD-40.....works a treat.
New to the GS, loving it!
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Take off the upper plastics, spray on and work in loads of WD-40.....works a treat.
ExpatinIstanbul
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Being cheap, I wear either my ORIGINAL Sidi Vertabraes, or good old EX PARA BOOTS. 'ard as nails, have seen REAL action, polish up a treat, and most importantly, have a good THICK sole to help get my feet onto the ground....
As asda says, Every little helps...... <Stumpy legged, icon>
As asda says, Every little helps...... <Stumpy legged, icon>
NorthernBoy
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Excellent, I'll have to give that a try, thanks.
I've always found the silicon lube which is supplied with new Arai helmets to work very well.
NorthernBoy
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I assume, then, that KY will do the trick also, and, wearing Sidis, and body armour, and having a beard, I'm dressed appropriately for buying it, too.
Since KY is water soluble - probably not.
Surely, wearing Sidis, body armour and having a beard is the natural state for a man.......
NorthernBoy
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Since KY is water soluble - probably not.
Surely, wearing Sidis, body armour and having a beard is the natural state for a man.......
It is, but it seems to send a different signal in different boroughs of London.
Therein lies the problem. If you must frequent rat-infested hell-holes, best to do it in mufti....
ExpatinIstanbul
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Well now, we're rocking on with turning this ex-power ranger into a dust bitten, insect eating man's man, capable of looking like he's capable of crossing continents before breakfast and starring in a sci-fi movie in the afternoon. But, we've not mentioned ally luggage. Yes, there's plastic.....I have the plastic......but I feel inadequate, as if I'm only able to produce a semi, not a full on, porn star scaring, tree sized woody.
Ally luggage, get some and get hard.
Of course there's tyres then.....TKC 80s, guaranteed to make your bike look like it's ridden by a John Wayne eating hero. Particularly in Sainsbury's car parks.
Ally luggage, get some and get hard.
Of course there's tyres then.....TKC 80s, guaranteed to make your bike look like it's ridden by a John Wayne eating hero. Particularly in Sainsbury's car parks.
"..... although I will still keep my 76 Honda CB750 for sunny summer days, ....? I doubt if you will !
scotia_steve
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You've gotta have a classic..... Also the only bike I've owned that has gone up in value! Also very satisfying doing the work yourself! Insurance and tax for the year - £80!
Luggae - got the Vario with the bike. Great but would prefer something more substantial longer term. Only other change may be a set of spoked wheels and nobblies if I ever decide to venture off-road.
Just changed the screen back from the Wunderlich Ergo which is more than I need. Will be selling it I think now...
Picking up the Rukka XCR suit on Tues which will be good as after a 200 mile run in much rain yesterday my legs were soaking with my current kit.....
Steve you are going to miss that blade trust me I will give you 3 months & you will be bored shit with that BMW, I did the same sold my 1000 sportsbike after watching all that long way round/down crap, dont get me wrong its nice at your/my age not to ride a old fats bike I will go back to a BMW but not till i am much older. I wish i had the funds to Keep both as its nice when you ride in to a bikers meet to be on a blade/gsxr/r1 with some street cred & not to have the piss taken out of you as you ride a BMW.
ExpatinIstanbul
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Street cred? A plastic fantastic? Street cred can only come with a streetfighter....not a factory production streetfighter, but a bolted together in the back garden, Harris framed, GSXR1100 engined slab sided seat streetfighter.
In other words, you cannot buy street cred.
At the weekend I rode on fast twisty bits, rough and ready country lanes, a bit of dual carriageway and a good many loose tracks. I refreshed some old skills, learned some new ones and built my confidence for using the bike on various surfaces. All on my boring old GS. Of course, I could have bought a hypersupersports thingy, found a very long straight road, and gone fast for a few seconds, perhaps finding a couple of bends so I could hang off at ridiculous angles to get my hero knee down, and of course got my dose of cred in the street, but how dull to not be able to leave the road.
scotia_steve
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The thing is it wasn't the Long Way Round/Down that made my decision to get the bike, that was part that put me off slightly. I wanted a bike that suited my biking needs...
I run a bike group in Scotland with a few friends have done the best part of 100 trips over the past 2 years, most in excess of 100-150 miles. I've had two blades (07 & 08), a CB1300S(great bike) recently and although I do like my sportsbikes, doing so many miles a year on one isn't practical. A superbike is great if you want to track it but I was realistic with what I needed. I can always take my original Japanese superbike out, the CB750 for a blast. The GS is just as capable as a sportsbike on B roads...
On Saturday it was peeing down with rain, we'd already done 100 miles or so and were contemplating the route back. On the Blade it would have been the quick way home due to aches and pains
. On the GS, my mates and I took the long way (100 mile) route home and when I got back, I could have done it all again.The GS is definately my kind of bike...
NorthernBoy
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If you were bored, I think that probably you are not using it right. This week, I've had it way off road up Mont Blanc, ridden it around CERN, raced a 599 down into the Rhone valley, and then used it to cart firewood up to the chalet that I'd borrowed. I'm taking it to the Cannes festival tomorrow, then on to Monaco for the Grands Prix, before heading up to Paris for a party, then back to Docklands.
I suspect that you found it boring because you used it to do boring things.
I do lots of Boring things on my GS like the weekly food shopping, popping to the jobcentre to sign on, taking my ten year old to footy training, fetching DIY stuff etc.
I also do a few more exciting things like off-roading, fording, scratching, touring, rideouts, training.
The bike might not always be exciting, but it's never boring.......
scotia_steve
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I did 100 miles today...
I bought a load of new gear, went shopping and managed to stuff a large pizza in the panniers...
This eve, I went for a run in the pouring rain to test my new Rukka gear, something I never would have done on the Blade and I scraped a peg while too when it dried out - never managed that on the blade so well chuffed.
I bought a load of new gear, went shopping and managed to stuff a large pizza in the panniers...
This eve, I went for a run in the pouring rain to test my new Rukka gear, something I never would have done on the Blade and I scraped a peg while too when it dried out - never managed that on the blade so well chuffed.
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