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Ezituper

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  1. You should really be fine though this is my opinion based on a lot of years motorcycling and messing about with tyre sizes. Bear in mind you will loose some top end and turn in with larger tyres due to the extra weight which matters more on a 125 than say a 600 With thos e wheel widths you should keep a good tyre profile and so gain contact area wiith the road sorry track
  2. years ago i rode home from work in my hi-vis and had a female cut me up so badly i hit her car with my leg though stayed on the bike. I managed to get her to stop so i could speak sweetly to her and her excuse..... The high-vis jacket confused her, she thought i was a workman stood in the road so pulled out. I don't wear one now, the ones that pull out wouldn't see you if you had laser beams cutting pieces out of their car.
  3. a 120 front tyre will slow your steering thats on the assumption it will fit safely on the width of the front wheel you have. the higher profile of the rear tyre will quicken up your steering again so maybe cancel out the effects but again is the rear wheel wide enought to accomodate a 160 tyre and is there enough clearance past your chain etc. If you fir larger width tyres to your wheels you will find the profile of the tyre will be pulled to a rounder shape than the tyres already fitted, this effect really gives you almost no extra contact patch. Conclusion. Wider tyres will have little or no effect other than being cheaper. check the width of your wheel and check with tyre manufacturers to see if their tyres can be fitted to those width rims. If they say no then don't as tyre fitters will do what you ask so you pay them, should you get any problems they will say they told you not to do it.
  4. Good luck if they are going to use an easy out as i doubt they have one small enough to remove a caliper pin, plus those pins can seize due to the heat in the caliper and the crud off the road etc, and i've seen more easy outs snap than work. make sure they drill into the pin square too you don't want them taking any metal off your caliper. Garages like to think they can do anything, i would want to watch them do anything to my barkes.
  5. I find my Kevlar jeans comfier cooler and lighter both on and off the bike, but you will get hot legs on weather like this afternoon.
  6. If its snapped off flush i don't envy you, if you can get to either end with some mole grips try undoing it. If it has snapped off flush you might need to split the caliper unless you can get pliers to it at some point along its legth, maybe where it goes through the pads Hope it isn't corroded and tight, good luck
  7. Is it just a pin or does it have threads? Can you get to both ends if its a pin?
  8. Sorry had to correct this one as messing with suspension can be dangerous Its not compression as such its preload Not all rear shocks have the single nut some have an adjustment nut and a locknut.
  9. The nut on the bottom of the spring actually increases or decreases the preload on the spring. Increasing makes the rear stiffer. Turn the nut/adjuster on the bottom of the sping so it shortens the sping. Do it in small amounts or one click at a time or you could end up with a dangerous mix front to rear. A small increases in rebound too if you have that adjustment or you'll end up with a bouncy rear and not just the wifes.
  10. Sorry to say i can't believe i read this thread Slide down the road once in normal jeans or have slightly hotter legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  11. In case anyone needs somewhere to aim for this sunday http://www.britevents.com/whats-on/hert ... 10/193834/
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