Aaron

You weak minded fool!

Are your bike shops open on Sundays? round here they're all closed on Sunday.

I'll pm the guy i bought them from (triumphracesupport) just to check it's not a typo!

My instructions that came with them say the bracket that attaches to the engine are 48N/m and the mushrooms that attach to the bracket are 25N/m. The don't require any drilling, hence the bracket.

With these low temperatures the roads will still be wet on Saturday nad maybe sunday, but at least there should be some dry lines. I got my crash bungs delivered today. Just need a torque wrench.

Well I only worry because I need enough wonga in the bank each month to pay the mortgage :s

That thought had occured. I just know that a suicidal pidgeon would decide to end it all the one time i'm not insured. I suppose though if i get some dofferent plastics, or something, it'll reduce the consequences of any small mishaps.

*sigh* I need a bike for commuting. Another for posing. And another for tracking. I wonder if there's much of a market for male prostitutes in east anglia....

surely people should like the idea of using there own bike for what it was actually made for.... i wouldnt like to use someone elses bike, i like spanking my own. even tempted to take the bandit out for at least 1 session of a track day....may do it next summer. and ill make sure i go out with full luggage on But what if you send 8 or 9k somersaulting down the tarmac? I'd slit my wrists.

I'm a bit quicker now that i'm finally getting used to actually using the rev range Now I stay in second gear until it hits the sweet spot and I think "oh shit...." and then i know it'll be time to go up one soon Hope the weather is good.

I couldn't remember if that was your old one or not I just remembered it was red in front and silver at the back too. ALthough it does look more pointy and shiny! What happened to the old one that was making funny noises?

I might be interested in a ride to Wellingborough if the weather is good because i'm in the process of applying for a job there.

Shame about Ben Spies though. I reckon he'd have done well.

I don't want to use my own bike And i suppose it's the tuition aswell. It says "personal" but i don't know how personal that really is. It'd be nice to have someone who knows their stuff pointing out mistakes etc though. The elite sessions are a whole day and 1 on 1 tuition for £380. But yiou have to have completed the basic one withing two years first. I like the idea of coughing up for my first time and then having some experience and pointers i'll feel better about using my own bike (with track plastics!).

I think it's about 280 bucks for half a day, but that includes using their bikes/tyres etc and whatever level of instruction that includes. I'm up for that having never done a track day before.

Next year we should all go on one of those Ron Haslam track days where you use one of their bikes. EOM.

Come on..... what is it you're itching to show off?

After considering it I think the squeak is probably the air intake flap in the nose tbh.

My light came on a couple of weeks ago. After a few rides it went out, but then a couple of day later it came on and has been on ever since. I thought it was probably EXBV because sometimes the exhaust was very loud when i reved it in neutral, whereas it's notmally more of a wooshing sound. Then i began to notice that the noise which i assumed to be the valve/servos operating was operating several times when i turned the electrics on. Sometimes with a long buzz at the end. Anyhow, i didn't get a change to go to the dealer's yesterday so today I took the plastics off (easier than putting them back on ) and took off the cover over the valve (snapping the drive shaft off some cheap tools in the process). the valve seemed to be operating fine (i didn't take the assembly apart as the bike is pretty new), but now i could visually confirm that the valve was operating 3 or 4 times when i turned the key (presumably it shouldnt). I took the cover off the motor and the cables seemed pretty slack, so i tightened them up and voila! Now the valve turns one way and then the other and then stops. No funny buzzing sound either. Plastic back on - indicators still work, and went for a ride. I -THINK- it seems ok. Seems to get up to speed ok. Just tipped over 120mph briefly before the next slip-road. The only thing now is that i can hear a squeak every time i hit around 4k revs. Maybe i'm just more aware of it now because i had heard the occasional squeak before. Hopefully in the near future the light will go out. I'm not sure if my tightening will have changed when the valve opens and closes? If it feels ok over the next few days then i'm not worried. I'll chop it out eventually. So for anyone with a new bike (so it shouldn't be seized ; An exception to "I beofre E except after c"?) try checking the tension of the cables at the servo motor end. I can only assume they have a bit of stretch in them when new.

Might be about if I don't have too much work left to do.

I find the leather jackets tend to be a bit snug across the shoulders. So if you're quite wide, proportionally (i'm not a big bloke), across the shoulders like me then i find it makes it hard. It's very difficult to find a jacket that's nice and snug below the ribs without crunching the shoulders in.

That's make about ten of us. Fun.

I'll meet you at yours, Neil. But i'll text to confirm.

I used the iPhone app to revise. It has EVERY question, so you just have to remember all the answers. You should be able to find a source that has EVERY question in it.

First service is booked in for Saturday morning. So if it's dry then i'll be itching to tear it up on Sunday.