billy sugger

Look for knox gear

Look what's happened with all the stupid cycle lane and street narrowing they did under emergency plans over Covid. Caused more congestion and pollution, what a right pigs ear of an idea that was. They are now reversing some of the changes, so more money wasted

I don't understand it, why do all this to a bike, unless it's been buggered and your putting it back to original. The only thing I have ever changed on a bike is a taller screen on the 600. It has the spoiler attachment so cuts down buffeting at speed. All the tuning, etc, would have been done to optimise the settings, and the exhaust made for the bike. Why buy something, then spend even more money and time altering it. I would not buy a bike if it did not suit me or not do as advertised, I'd walk away, not buy it then spend more on it getting it retuned/mapped. I did, in the early eighties, strip my 125 to change the rings, but then decided to see what could be done to increase performance., and ended up gas flowing the ports, skimmed a few thou off the head and thinner head gasket, flat headed piston with deeper grooves so valves not hit and other bits and bobs. Bike ended up 12bhp above standard, and after running everything in I took it to a long straight road for a speed test. Original top speed was about 88mph. I passed that at about two thirds throttle, kept going until I hit a indicated 104mph then had to back off, I hit bad steering wobble. As the bike was not meant for that speed the tyres were not rated that high. The Avon Road runners I had were maybe only meant for 90 tops, so never found out what it could do. Incidentally I ended up crashing big time on black ice on way to work so bike was a write off

I think they were trying to do this a couple of years ago

I actually spread marmite on rich tea

There is no way to dial out all the bumps, as you put it, but are any of your shocks gas assisted? Springs are inhererenty rubbish by themselves, and winding on lots of preload just reduces how much the shock can travel so you could end up just bottoming out the shock. As for the front, progressive springs can help, and you could try spacers on top of the springs and leave the oil at standard weight. Thicker oil just slows the reaction down, as it is harder to flow so again, could make it worse, especially on our roads. You say you've watched loads of dave moss, but, as you point out he is track oriented, and they dial out as much dipping under braking as they can get away with (and most tracks are smooth) so they will be harsh in street use

When I went down on mine it was crash bungs that let me get out from under it, as bike was on my leg, and the foot peg was dug into my ankle

No offence, but I think whatever you do you will not be happy with the result. Your best bet is a suspension set up expert

What if I mention Biscuits?

What made you choose the er5

My 500 had "character". It loved the twisties between work and home, so I sometimes took detours just for the fun of it

If you stick the nozzle in the hole as soon as you give it more than a trickle the pump shuts off. I have to hold it against the lip of the opening and fill up slowly

You have to trickle mine to fill it without it spraying everywhere

Ask a Harley rider Sorry fastbob

Bleeding scrotes

I have on occasions wiped my bikes down with a fuel soaked rag (after wringing it out), and it has never done any damage to my screens, yet using clutch cleaner will fog the plastic/perspex if you get that on it

I've only ever had one brand new bike, a kawasaki KC100. It got written off before I had even run it in, or even made the first HP payment. I was on the way home from work and a dog ran out in front of me and it was too close to the bike to do anything - it was like hitting a brick wall. Ever since I have gone for second hand, and paid cash

A healthy adult can grow 8 feet. I've only got 2

Sent them some laughing emojis, and a gif of a dancing baboon

Today must be my lucky day. The bank of Nigeria want to give me 6,550000 US dollars. If nothing else, it made me laugh

Ditto

PTSD, Possible turd selective syndrome?

I will always dive into a empty pump if cars can't get to it, but otherwise I wait in the queue

There is a bike dealer near me that, to quote his own words, will not touch a Chinese bike for anything

Looking good so far. When ready to do so double check the shim gaps/measurements. I'm sure someone will be along to correct me, but if the gap is too small the rocker can hold a valve open slightly, and the gap increases as the engine warms up, and this can cause reduced compression