Very long day today, so been in the man cave all night since I got back, replacing the pads on the S1 and the gixer.

They were not great, I think both will stop pretty well now lol....the suzuki's pads were shocking, I think I left the, way too long! Doh!

... It has a few marks/scratches as you would expect from a bike of this age, the worst of which are the stone chips to the headlights (now covered – great to be wise after the event!). I have regularly had comments on how clean and how well looked after the bike is. It has been well maintained, cleaned ...

... put it towards a toy - something like the 2016 ZX10R ;) I think it depends if you commute and tour on the SX or just commute. The Versys would be great for just commuting imo and then a nice shiny sports weapon would be good. If only the ZX6r could be rescued you could trade it too and change ...

... everything went ok and thats nearly after market money. The forks are also pitted and would need re-chroming then theres the internals there not great as this is an early bike so has preload and damping in separate forks. I rang Maxton why i was waiting to find there view on the aprilia forums ...

... generally made out of cheese? I've not heard too many glowing reports about their build quality. I like the SX, it ticks most boxes. It's not the greatest looking bike I know but you get a lot for your money. It's great for work and I had no complaints about it when I toured in France. There's ...

... and the Multi was in brand new condition bar a couple of scuffs on the panniers. Showed them the Triumph and got a case of the guilts as they were great dealers, proper bike people, so I did full disclosure on the Triumph. Still took it and gave me $500 more than they first said for trade in!! ...

... benefit in terms of lap times, there’s no doubt they’ll all be examining how to transpose the technology to production models. As well as being a great selling point, they’ll offer performance benefits on the road and potentially an advantage in production-based race championships

image.jpeg LOL !!! @Kwacky - great link that, a really interesting point of view. Was chatting about brexit with a guy at work today, and the only thing we could really end the conversation with was the fact that the next could of years ...

I won't be able to make it but hope those that go have a great time it's a good gig.

No worries, hopefully see you at another day as those shots are great!

Hi Jack, you've got some great pics there! I don't suppose you got any of me at all did you? Fast group, red bike #3 on it?

... quiet with the sessions coming and going and little improvements in each session. Confidence was quite high and the bike was working well. It was great to see Jack, Kwacky, and Duke, really good to catch up with you guys would have been good to have a bit more time but the joys of sessions. Also ...

Great to meet you steveo, shame you couldn't get the bike sorted for the last couple of sessions, you where looking great in the sessions I watched you. Likewise it's always nice to put a face to someone, and yes bit gutted ...

Perkles wrote:Woke at 4.30 this morning wringing wet with sweat and generally feeling sorry for myself,gutted I've had to miss this but feeling pretty ill at the moment
Have a great day boys

Real shame you missed the day mate, hope your feeling a bit better now..

Just got back, dropped the track bike off, and have thrown the gear in the shed... I'm fecking knackered !! Great to meet you steveo, shame you couldn't get the bike sorted for the last couple of sessions, you where looking great in the sessions I watched you. Also it was really ...

Well that went well.

Fortunately I've just had a weekend camping with no internet, phone signal, media or TV. Plus great friends that decided on arrival that we'd just pretend it didn't just happen, not talk about it and get pissed.

Great photos jack,bike looks great nutz

Woke at 4.30 this morning wringing wet with sweat and generally feeling sorry for myself,gutted I've had to miss this but feeling pretty ill at the moment
Have a great day boys

I'm stuck in work but still a very proud Dad and Husband as the last few days have seen the Blades achieving some great sporting achievements. My youngest got a second and first on school sports day and won a trophy at football for man of the match this morning. Eldest lad won a ...

Or!!!

Don't work....do bugger all except a bit of volunteer work. Have little and be happy with it.

I'm WAAAY happier now when I had all that crap to deal with....cars, bikes, etc.....I borrow a bike when I want to ride. I call someone when I need to go anywhere.

I'm a lazy fecker. It's great.