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Got stop and go 10 years ago, super satisfied, fit under sport bike seat
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There are several cementious composites that will do the trick far better than paint.
You want to spend a bit on quality if you don't want to have it coming out.
You can also consider epoxy resin. there are several videos on youtube showing how it's done and won't be too expensive when you consider how long it lasts.
Self-leveling concrete:
Epoxy resin
https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk
Call these guys, they are the most helpful bunch you can find and the cheapest in the market. They are the ones I used for the carbon fibre for my project.
Epoxy, not so easy at least not first time and difficult to prepare surface. We do it on board ships all the time, not easy at all.
But yes looks business and easy to maintain
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Depend on budget, but anything half decent will go 500 plus for 30 m2
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what is included in this serviceNot sure but probably just oil and filters Plus brake and clutch fluids. As I remember valve clearance is on 9000 miles.
Valve clearance is at 18000 miles and charges for that service are the wrong side of £500. As you say you pay for the stamp. Once it's out of warranty there's a guy in Cheltenham who specialises in Italian bikes and charges considerably less than dealers. There's a reason I don't get my tyres via the dealer etc. They are not cheap. Love the bike though.
So service intervals are increased much, almost double from Jap bikes, so price at the end is not so much higher.
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Open the garage, looked at the bike, closed the garage
:(Should have left it at this point.
Decided to see if I could pair it to the bike to see how much effort it was going to take.
Became clear I needed to start stripping bits of fairing off - at which point things began dropping from nowhere. Clearly, they were falling from somewhere, but it may as well have been from another dimension.
Then it struck me I’d be needing to remove four engine bolts - and I have no torque wrench or settings.
Took me an hour just to remove half a fairing’s gubbins and work out how to fix it back together - even then I now have a spare bolt from who knows where!
Toughest job all afternoon? Summoning up the courage to book it in and pay someone who knows what they’re doing.
That’s the magic, I don’t have to order spares, enough to remove few screws/bolts and here we are after putting all back in place always some spares remain.
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Ducati quoted me £337 for a 2 year/9000 miles service. About what I expected.
what is included in this serviceNot sure but probably just oil and filters Plus brake and clutch fluids. As I remember valve clearance is on 9000 miles.
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Carefully follow the cable, have someone to turn your bars and inspect every part of the cable. You will probably find somewhere that cable is going over or below something where getting tide.
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When I got my first and only carbon wheels years back, I did order from brand new company at that time in Slovenia, Rotobox.
They were affordable, guys guaranteed that wheels will last long as steel one. I sold that bike with carbon wheels and both are still alive. That is almost 10 years now.
But I did change my attention on potholes to the max. I didn’t go down the curbs etc. All stupid but it is something inside that push you doing strange things.
Anyway those carbon wheels are still alive, 10 years on
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Same s..t happened to magnesium wheels
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Well that caused me to lose any enthusiasm I may have had for the Marzocchi wheels for my bike. Well that and the 3500 euros they cost. I'll just stick with the original ones.
No, those are extremes, if you don’t off roading nothing to worry about.
On the track if happen is because of max abuse for days, weeks, months and possible manufacturing mistakes.
Of course specially with carbon rims you will pay much more attention on potholes.
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Open the garage, looked at the bike, closed the garage
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Proper adventure man,
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This one spotted on time
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Same s..t happened to magnesium wheels
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Some people manage it with longer spacers
isnt that more for non adjustable? if not worth a look
Basically yes for non adjustable, only with preload
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Some people manage it with longer spacers
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New springs, linear or progressive what ever you prefer and higher density oil
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I don’t think about any downside except price, but difference is noticeable mostly on the track.
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It always worth to have a bike, I got mine to keep my mental health in good order, at least to try.
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Never used Garmin except on boats but have TomTom on the bike. Interesting to know why you consider Garmin the better? I am no massive fan of TomTom but it's good enough.
They are more or less same I assume, I got first TomTom rider and it still working, just maps cannot be updated last 5 years. New 550 is brilliant as long it works. On my recent trip it turned off and refused to turn on for half a day. Than it turned on and it worked since.
Same as nacos platinum, it is better than 5 but not so reliable
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Time owned: 1 month
Miles done: 1000
Riding: spirited mixed roads (no track yet)
Price paid: £13999 (MSRP is £16099 currently) - £500 down and £143 a month, 49 months, 3% apr
Specs: 199bhp, 86ftlb torque, 1000cc inline 4 engine with variable valve timing for power throughout the rev range. 202kg wet weight, 186mph+ top speed. Metallic Triton Blue colour.
This is largely the same model that suzuki released in 2017 (known as the 'L7' model. 2019 is L9, 2020 = M0. At some point (2019 model perhaps?) they changed the front brake hoses to braided, to combat brake fade. Brembo radial 4 pot monobloc calipers (non brembo master cylinder though). Permanent on abs.
10 stage tc with anti wheelie tied to each setting accordingly, 3 setting throttle response/power delivery.
This 'R' model adds to the above: showa BFF balance free forks, launch control, inverted dark dash, 6 axis imu with cornering abs. Also Quickshifter and blipper.
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Mods: arrow race Pro titanium end can (race legal...), evotech shorty levers, tail tidy, and rad guard, gilles tooling lever protectors (evotech only did the brake side?!), oem tank pad, eazi grips, r&g paddock stand bobbins, dark double bubble race screen.
Bike history: 125 for a year then yamaha mt10 1000cc supernaked for the past 2 years
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The mt10 is such a good bike I didn't know where to go when I wanted a change (just fancied something different). This is my first sports bike. I do finance and this is just so affordable. Compare finance on the bmw S1000rr - same £15k rough cost but it's £238 a month for the closest similar terms. Gsxr has great residuals, is cheap to start with, low APR, and this was a covid special too good to pass up. I'd never wanted a suzuki (quite the opposite!) or even seen one when I agreed to buy it. I thought the r1 or bmw looked better (Zx10r too actually) but the looks on this have really grown in me and now I love it.
My review is really a comparison to the mt10 as its the only other big bike I've owned.
Comfort: huge seat! Very comfy for a supersports. Less committed (I'm informed) than the r1. I've done 1000 miles in 1 month and no discomfort or pain anywhere. I did 500, miles in 2 days, I'm 6"2. The naked Mt gives you neck ache at high speeds due to lack of wind protection, this slices through the wind and you don't really notice yourself doing silly speeds suddenly. Speaking of which:
Performance: the Mt does exactly what you want it - power everywhere, point, squeeze and it goes there. Very planted, wheelie machine. This is lighter, 40bhp more powerful, totally different beast. Doesn't wheelie as much, just gets around a track very quickly. It doesn't feel as fast due to the fairing but it really really is - 180 comes at you in no time (on a closed private road of course). It does 100mph in 1st gear, I can confirm, on that same road. Stupidly fast bike - I'll never use even 70% of the power.
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Handling etc: riding a superbike is very different from a supernaked so I can't compare that well but it does exactly what you want it to and more. The forks are supposed to be amazing but I'm not sure I'm qualified to review them properly. Ill get em setup for my weight in a while. The brakes are... okay. My mate's Street triples brakes are simply better. Might do a pad change one day soon.
The rest: even with the stock can which is slightly smaller than cooling tower number 5 in Chernobyl the bike sounds great. But the can had to go for looks alone. I freaking love this arrow jobbie - it's a thing of beauty. Sounds immense - roars like a lion.
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The lairy paint job was not to my taste initially - better than the red and black or white and blue. But now I love it.
Other planned mods? Maybe just a rear hugger. And maybe carbon wheels but they aren't cheap. I think that's about it.
I love this bike.
You scratched that tyre pretty much for firs 1000 miles, look like track ride
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