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    As I usually leave the bike in gear, I tend to cut the engine by kicking the side stand down. Simple question - can anyone see a problem with this approach?
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    North Wales #12 - Lewis's Farm Shop West Midlands #4 - Dagfields Craft & Antiques
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    Friends who emigrated to Oz by motorcycle decided hostels were a bad idea after 11 hours in the saddle, desperately needing sleep, and being kept awake by neighbours playing hide the purple parsnip in the next cubicle.
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    Happy birthday.
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    I have one like that but runs off a Makita battery.
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    Newbie

    Fiddlesticks replied to Bikemaddad53's topic in Newbies

    Hi, welcome in.
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    Hello. Congrats on the pass
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    Different issue, but I found going from a squared off rear tyre to new rubber was like night and day when it came to cornering.
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    Congrats on the bike and the pass
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    They say you don't lose too much traction in the wet. It's not so much the water as oil, mud, leaves, gravel and roadkill that bother me.
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    Have you tried a running repair with a plastic pop bottle? It stopped mine leaking.
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    Hi, good to have you along.
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    You can, although you'd really want highway pegs for the full effect.
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    Fitted some Hepco & Becker crash bars to the Thunderbird. Even less room in the garage now.
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    Yes to all three.
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    Morning. Was browsing eBay this morning and came across a bike that looked very much as if someone had bolted a top box in place of one of the panniers. Looked rather silly. Ho hum, back to work...
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    That's how they did it when we went over. We left the bike in gear on the side stand with the front brake strapped up for good measure. There were one or two bikes in a special cradle - I guess they paid extra.
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    West Midlands #2 - Bidlea Dairy
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    We got the Fodsports FX2 - but it's just for the two of us. If I was riding with a group it would have to be the Cardo Packtalk I think.
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    My car tyre once picked up a dirty great threaded stud which somehow lodged itself with the nut on the inside of the tyre. The rubber closed around the thread and sounded exactly like a knackered wheel bearing as the exposed metal ground itself into the road surface. The best part was, it was a brand new tyre, and somehow a replacement was covered under the tyre's warranty.
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    Sounds like I'm probably over thinking it, 5mm is about where it is. I do like those Evotech levers though
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    Hi
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    Was out on a bit of a ride today. Accidentally just brushed the clutch lever and realised the amount of travel required to get it to slip was very little. This, together with a recent comment from a Triumph mechanic, who said the clutch was a bit noisy has got me thinking it might be time to get it looked at. Anyone have any experience of this, what it might involve, and whether it's a garage job or something an enthusiastic amateur might give it a go?

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