The Bikeshite Thread

[bangernomics]

Yesterday in Portugal a little 2 stroke madness happened.

[Jerzy Woking]

5 hours ago, strangeangel said:

 

It does look rather like he's having fun, doesn't it ?

 

 

 

That's outrageous. People like these should be doing National Service!!!

[Jerzy Woking]

5 hours ago, bangernomics said:

Yesterday in Portugal a little 2 stroke madness happened.

 

 

 

 

Was in Northern and Central Portugal last week. Must have seen about 20 Zundapp 2 strokes parked up at vineyards in Duoro. They look and sound great, and one is now on my list of bike to own.

Also the wine from Duoro is all that bit sweeter thanks to two stroke exhaust fumes.

[twosmoke300]

Well I survived my trackday ! 

Great fun lapping two panigales on track ? they had tyre warmers the lot too .?

Cannot get over how good my 300 quid thundercat is . Didn’t feel the need to adjust a single thing . Brakes and suspension felt spot on esp in the damp . 

Bridgestone BT016 tyres seem pretty bloody good too.

Donington is a great track too imo. Better than Mallory , Pembrey an Llandow I had some before. 

As you may have guessed - I’m buzzing ! Enduro this weekend ?

[Jerzy Woking]

10 minutes ago, twosmoke300 said:

Well I survived my trackday ! 

Great fun lapping two panigales on track ? they had tyre warmers the lot too .?

Cannot get over how good my 300 quid thundercat is . Didn’t feel the need to adjust a single thing . Brakes and suspension felt spot on esp in the damp . 

Bridgestone BT016 tyres seem pretty bloody good too.

Donington is a great track too imo. Better than Mallory , Pembrey an Llandow I had some before. 

As you may have guessed - I’m buzzing ! Enduro this weekend ?

I bought a Thundercat from here on behalf of a mate at work. Flew to Glasgow to pick it up, and by the time I rode it the 400 miles home, bonded with it. I was disappointed when my mate gave me the money for it, as by then I hoped he would pull out of the deal.

Recently had BT016's fitted to my KTM. Excellent grip wet and dry, and last very well (mine have done 3000 miles and look like they will go another 3000). Recommended.

I didn't like Donnington, but they may have been down to the Trackday "organisers" and their instructors who just wanted to race their mates all day and to ignore their own track rules, especially the ones regarding overtaking into bends. Twats.

Good luck with the endure.

[Jazoli]

On 10/7/2019 at 10:18 AM, Jerzy Woking said:

Having my bike serviced-shop has the new Indian FTR 1200 in the showroom. Looks great.

But WTF is the rear plate hanger all about?

 

Plate hanger is grim, as was the one on my MT09, it was the first thing I removed, its still hanging on the garage wall even though the bike is long gone!

Before

After

[gtd2000]

On 9/3/2019 at 10:35 PM, stereotype said:

I was told I HAD to drag the rear brake on corners instead of using throttle control and had to indicate off the roundabout. I tried to reach both but slipped off the rear brake and ended up in a hedge because I couldn't let go of the throttle quick enough.

The day after I had a different instructor who actually listened and let me figure out throttle sensitivity and then go out on it that way because the previous instructor just didn't get that I couldn't physically reach both even on a 50cc scooter. Thankfully the second instructor who took me out for my cbt ride actually let me practice a different way of riding as a solution.

Now I have to figure out how to make the bike I have fit me, it's about 2 inches too tall in seat height, the switches are about half an inch off the end of my thumb, and the levers don't adjust round enough and can't tighten for less travel enough so I physically can't get my finger tips around them at their position and travel distance

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I'm not sure if I responded to this or not, rebuilt/upgraded the PC and still in the process of transferring over all my logins etc.

I've never heard of having to drag a rear brake on a corner, particularly if leaning over - sounds like a bloody silly idea to me?

Are the instructors really that useless?

[Cavcraft]

Useless pic (probably come out badly too, knowing my computer) but can anyone identify this Kawasaki, please?

 

[Dave_Q]

I presume the rear plate thing is due to some type approval blah which says the rear lights and plate must be rearward of the wheel.

Obviously they know 99% of them get binned immediately, I know Yamaha sell the tail tidy as an aftermarket part for the MT series.

[thatsmacar]

7 minutes ago, Cavcraft said:

Useless pic (probably come out badly too, knowing my computer) but can anyone identify this Kawasaki, please?

I think that may be a GPZ500

[Cavcraft]

Thank you.

[twosmoke300]

He’s right 

[hairnet]

2006 CBF600N sold CUL8R

 

 

[Cavcraft]

Too fast, M8?

[bangernomics]

2006 CBF600N for sale
60k miles mot till april 20 - looking over it when bought it might need front discs soon and the tyres arent matched but ok - oil is clean so might have been changed recently - been looking for antifreeze in small quantities thats not the gdp of japan as i think theres only water in it - two sets of keys V5 turned up this morning
runs fine heated grips theres a rad guard also - taken off as it ran slightly hot with it centre stand and crash bungs
£600 what it owes me - only selling as insurance settlement has been sorted cant keep two bikes
bike in manchester - can deliver if transport home isnt a clusterfuck

That’s a barg, I sold my old 2008 CBF for £600 with 158,000 miles on it. Was a great first big bike, gentle torque curve and winter beater. Should’ve kept it.

[twosmoke300]

Some bloody boy mind ?

[strangeangel]

On 10/9/2019 at 7:25 AM, Jazoli said:

Plate hanger is grim, as was the one on my MT09, it was the first thing I removed, its still hanging on the garage wall even though the bike is long gone!

Before

After

When you see it without it makes you wonder why they bothered!

 

[LostnotFound]

As DaveQ said, it's regulations. The rear tyre can't be the back of the bike so they have to hang some easy to remove plastic there and as a bonus get to make a few quid more by flogging the tail tidy at the same time.

We're basically lucky in this country no one cares about the build regs after somethings been sold, not sure if in stricter counties that require TUV approval for mods they have to ride around with it as stock?

Of course there is an argument that it's the same as HD getting round emissions by having their lumps in an even worse state of tune and everyone buying an 'aftermarket' upgrade that is already on the bike when they pick it up. It's a rubbish argument of course because I really can't see any real danger with the rear tyre being exposed other than a wet arse.

[Bradders59]

I really shouldn't keep browsing this thread. The temptation to get back on a bike is close to overwhelming. Over 30 years riding them, and now 10 years of living without them. Missus asked me yesterday what I want for my 60th in a couple of weeks time. Havent given an answer yet. I wonder how she would react to a request for an R1 or Fireblade.  Even a 1200 Bandit would do, at a push.

[hairnet]

retail therapy oh yes

flash (not)

[Fat_Pirate]

/\ NC750X innit?  Wot they like?  They look a bit sensible.

[hairnet]

yes

busa wud but impractical

[martc]

2 hours ago, Fat_Pirate said:

/\ NC750X innit?  Wot they like?  They look a bit sensible.

 

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

retail therapy oh yes

flash (not)

I've got the S version and it's ace - initially you may think it's all a bit too 'Honda' but it'll grow on you; they actually have some character. Mine is quite capable of hustling along if you want, but on the other hand just pootling about can be very refreshing and the resulting MPG is fantastic. The storage space in the 'tank' is a brilliant idea and you'll soon wonder what you did without one.

They are the ideal way of getting out of the horsepower rat race. Just let rocket man get on with it and you can relax and enjoy the journey. The tank is a little small, but I'm averaging 72mpg (and most of the time I'm going at the NSL, including motorways) so you can go a fair distance before you need to fill up.

[hairnet]

test rode s and x dct when they launched in 2012

finally i buy one

horsepowah - not really arsed - i could but meh - plus dont fit on rice rocket

its technically cost less than a grand - billy fk you wheeler dealer

[hairnet]

1 hour ago, martc said:

 

 initially you may think it's all a bit too 'Honda' 

in 23 years 9 hondas 2 kawasakis 2 beemers 2 yamahas

im a fanboi - after more than 200k on hondas id say its more than that

[pilninggas]

i love my NC700X. they really are the business.

Up the Wye Valley i can hustle it as fast as my FZR1000 and my ZX10R.

 

talking of which is anyone else doing Hogging the Bridge tomorrow?

[martc]

58 minutes ago, hairnet said:

in 23 years 9 hondas 2 kawasakis 2 beemers 2 yamahas

im a fanboi - after more than 200k on hondas id say its more than that

In the past I was mainly an Italian and/or Eastern Bloc fan (Moto Guzzi x3, Moto Morini x2, Laverda x1, Benelli x1, MZ x 5, MuZ x1, Minsk x1, IZH x1, Jawa x1, Puch x1, Can-Am Bombardier x1 and shudder BSA x2). But my first 3 bikes were Hondas and there was a 400 four later on. Now-a-days due to not being arsed to travel more than 30 miles to buy a bike I'm stuck with the Big 4 and the previous bike was also a Honda.

All of my previous bikes, bar the Hondas, had some idiosyncratic  trait or other. The Hondas? You climbed on and everything was where you would expect it to be and they worked smoothly and flawless; the build quality was/is second to none but there was absolutely no character. What surprises me with the NC is that it does have character - yes today in 2019 a Honda exists which is more than just a 2 wheeled conveyance.

Incidentally, the previous Honda was a CBF600N as featured above. It was plenty fast enough for me.

[hairnet]

cbf did 90 on way back from seeing new conveyance

itll do someone good and the bits are cheap if it breaks

might collect it two weeks maybe three - not sure yet (busy)

 

 

[Bradders59]

My last bike was a CBR600 FX. It was cracking little bike. Super reliable, reasonably comfortable, and in the real world, plenty quick enough for public roads.

Nothing wrong with Hondas in my opinion, although at heart Ive always been a Kawasaki lover, which came from my two stroke days in the 70,s.

[hairnet]

im not that old

are you related to jerzy  *runs