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Lateralus

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  1. I generally prefer BBQ sauce on a bacon buttie. At least it's brown!
  2. It's even got a cup holder!
  3. Pretty much anything beyond fuel and air and the bike goes to a mechanic for me! It needs to be as close to cost neutral as possible, so basically whatever I can get for my current bike, plus a modest bit extra. Been quoted £4,750 trade in, in the expectation the dealer could sell on for £6k. However I reckon it would go for maybe £5,500 private, for someone who knows about them. 24k miles, very clean, full service history and plenty of very desirable extras. So, that gives an upper budget of about £6k. Plus it's in red, which we all know is the fastest colour.
  4. Apparently it's the alternator.
  5. Without wishing to embarrass you all with my mechanical expertise, something about a part in the centre of the engine which can fail and is £2k+ to fix, but was sorted on later models. I'll ask him!
  6. I took my K1300S to Rainbow Workshop for its 24 service. Always feel like Steve services every bike as he would his own.
  7. I tested one of those 4 years ago when I first got the RT. Liked the engine, couldn't get on with the styling! I'm clearly a fickle creature.
  8. So the strong advice I've had from Steve at Rainbow Workshop is to avoid the 2013 and 2014 LC RTs, which means they're still a bit beyond budget. Test rode a Trophy today, bit just didn't like it, much as I wanted to! Everything felt a bit vague compared to the K1300S, but after 3 years with an RT I'd expected to feel instantly at home! Think a test of a K1300GT might be in order...
  9. Hi all. I need some advice about a potential bike swap, and remembered you fine folk at TMBF! I ride all year round, commuting fairly often, and also need something capable of weekend fun and long tours. I therefore need a shaft drive, decent luggage (especially top box), and good weather protection. I also need something reliable, and not too expensive to maintain (I can't do any of my own servicing). My last three bikes have been a Tiger Sport 1050 (loved, but no shaft drive and not enough weather protection), 2010 R1200RT (very capable, but bought with the head rather than the heart. That said, at 3 years it was the longest I've owned any one bike!) and I'm now riding the K1300S (phenomenal engine, but beginning to find the compromises on practicality not ideally suited to most of my riding). Any swap would need to be close to cost neutral, which gives a maximum budget of up to £6k; less would be better. I would be tempted by the K1600GT, despite the weight, but it's the servicing costs which have really put me off, and I can't afford the LC versions of the R1200RT. I've ridden the FJR as a blood bike and didn't love it, and for some reason the GTR1400 doesn't grab me, although I've not actually ridden one. I'm also discounting the GS or Explorer, as they seem much more expensive than the non-adventure equivalents, and on principle I don't want another twin-cam RT. At the end of all that, I am currently torn between the K1300GT and the Triumph Trophy SE. The GT is rather fugly, but otherwise appears to tick all the boxes, and I have a test ride booked on a Trophy on Friday. Anyone have experience of these two bikes? Anything else I should be considering? All views welcome!
  10. Now I bet that exciting topic grabbed your attention! I'm wanting to get the garage in our new house in a somewhat nicer condition, including painting the walls and floor. The floor is bare concrete at the moment, so should I just slap some masonry paint on it, or go for an epoxy option (which seems to require rather more prep). I'm also going to have to paint it in stages as I move the stuff around, since I can't shift it all out at once, so would that cause an issue with an epoxy finish? For some reason this whole project is far from top of the other half's agenda, but I'm keen to try and get it sorted!
  11. I second the calls for something like the i2i courses. I did them last year and they've made me think about my riding and control of the bike in a very different way. I have more confidence in what it can do, and fully intend to revisit the first two courses again as soon as time allows.
  12. I have the Oxford Rainseal over jacket and trousers, which have never let me down through several long days of riding in horrendous conditions. Combined with goretex boots and gloves and I've stayed dry throughout. However, I am increasingly tempted with good quality textile gear, potentially goretex, to not have to worry about what happens if it rains. My 5yr old RST Paragon V kit is shower proof, but I wouldn't trust it fully in a downpour, no matter how many times I've treated it with Nikwax.
  13. Think I'm hoping for something a bit more touring orientated to be honest!
  14. Looks like Honda have a new tourer coming out. Not much in the video, but appears to be proper upright touring and full 3 piece luggage. Hopefully a shaft drive too, for those of us who are in to such things! https://youtu.be/jml_HFfWlcY
  15. That was very much my understanding of things too - so much so that I bought a belt thing that lets me zip my chino-style motorbike trousers to my daily RST Paragon V jacket. The RST jacket is 5 years old and looking a little worse for wear though, so I have been beginning to consider investing in a goretex one for the winter (and hopefully many winters to follow too!).
  16. I've already made a similar point, which was grudgingly accepted!
  17. Sounds ideal. I'm tempted at looking at the 300-400cc range, but only if they'd offer similar protection from the elements. I do have a 7 mile dual carriageway bit on the 21 mile commute, but if I knew I was doing a longer journey on bigger roads I'd just take the RT. What age/mileage was yours for £700?!
  18. Yes, very much like that. Doesn't address the "debate" which would be needed about both the cost and the principle of a second bike, but I think it would make the commuting better? Is that right, or just wishful thinking?
  19. So having flirted with a VFR1200F as a potential replacement for my 2010 R1200RT, I've bailed on making the switch. This may in part be due to my wife not wanting to discuss it when raised as a topic, because she "didn't want to spoil our anniversary with an argument"! Ultimately though, although I wasn't able to test ride it, I also wasn't sure it would be a significant enough difference to ease me through the congested filtering which is now my daily commute. I was also reminded of one of the main things I like about the RT, when riding on the motorway in torrential rain and getting home basically dry. There's a lot to be said for that when riding all year. Nevertheless, I groan inside every time the queuing traffic tightens up too much for the boat-sized RT to get through, and find myself having to stop, often to let another smaller bike carry happily on! I'm therefore thinking the solution might be a second bike for just shuttling to the office and back, and keeping the RT for the longer trips. I'll say it quietly, but... ... I'm thinking about getting a large(ish) capacity scooter.
  20. I definitely need to call the dealer then - currently booked in with Rainbow for a month's time.
  21. Oh, that is not the outcome I had expected! I'm booked with him for an annual plus 54k service in a couple of weeks - assuming I haven't P/X'd the bike before then!
  22. You need to get yourself over to see Steve: https://rainbowworkshop.co.uk/service/page-7/ Brilliant BMW mechanic and much cheaper than the dealers. Has all the computer stuff needed for BMWs too.
  23. Lateralus

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    I gather the later LC versions are something of a different beast to my DOHC one, and boring is perhaps the wrong word. However, it definitely doesn't give you an exhilarating rush as it quietly but quickly gets you up to speed! Did you give up on the FJR, or did it give up on you?
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