What did you do to your bike today ??

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Having traction control is a dangerous thing when you know it's there (devil)
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Kwacky wrote:Having traction control is a dangerous thing when you know it's there (devil)
it is,I was trying to explain to Marcus how TC changes everything and also the way you think when riding the bike.Its a big comfort blanket but actually makes you ride a bit harder :)
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You managed to test it yet Perkles ?
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Blade wrote:You managed to test it yet Perkles ?
yes i got the bar flickering a few times last week,its very unintrusive almost like its not there which is how it should be
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I managed to get the 1299 TC light flickering last week but I didn't feel it working at all.

Shows how much power is going through that rear tyre and how effective the electronics are.
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I turned my bike into a time machine. When I left the house this morning it was June. By the time I got home it was November.
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The weather is utter shite it's like winter
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Perkles wrote:The weather is utter shite it's like winter
Buts its forecast to get better ;)

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Slapped traction control up to 3 and rode into work.

Rain and wind isn't a nice combination on a bike.
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Welcome to British Summer time (rain)
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Fitted a side stand to the track bike, makes it a lot easier when doing TD's on your own. Had to trim the fairing a bit . Borrowed a battery powered trimming blade gizmo off the lads in the workshop, great bit of kit.
Popped on the temporary AR can ready for the 16 th when I get back off hols 8)
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kingfixer wrote:Fitted a side stand to the track bike, makes it a lot easier when doing TD's on your own. Had to trim the fairing a bit . Borrowed a battery powered trimming blade gizmo off the lads in the workshop, great bit of kit.
Popped on the temporary AR can ready for the 16 th when I get back off hols 8)
They definitely are handy Kingfixer, i was surprised to see one on the 10 when I bought it, but I wouldn't be without it. I do my track days solo too. Down side of shift work, everyone is working when I'm off!
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Oil change, chain tensioned and had a look at my camera mounts
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Took it for a spin after tea New helmet is great, new gloves are awesome, bike ran perfect ....... camera mount £$£%""%$%"£%%" rubbish. Got home turned round to take the camera off not there. So went back out and traced my steps took me 1 1/2 hrs but I found it case smashed but the camera still works. So got to get a new case which seem like they are on the same shelf as Hens Teeth,
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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Which camera rocket ???

If go pro I might have a spare case
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Cheers blade but it's a Sony as30v guess I should have just bought a go pro as I could get parts anywhere
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Rocket how did you fit the camera to your bike? Real shame about the case being smashed but I guess the case did it's job, was it an outer case?
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Lovely ride into work this morning. Dry roads, blue skies, roads not very busy.

More of the same please.
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kiwikrasher wrote:
kingfixer wrote:Fitted a side stand to the track bike, makes it a lot easier when doing TD's on your own. Had to trim the fairing a bit . Borrowed a battery powered trimming blade gizmo off the lads in the workshop, great bit of kit.
Popped on the temporary AR can ready for the 16 th when I get back off hols 8)
They definitely are handy Kingfixer, i was surprised to see one on the 10 when I bought it, but I wouldn't be without it. I do my track days solo too. Down side of shift work, everyone is working when I'm off!
I fitted one to the gixer after the hassles I had in Spain last year, after 20/30 mins on track I can hardly stand up let alone get the bike onto a paddock stand on my own lol.... plus everyone seems to abandon the bikes right in front of the garage so you cant get in anyway, and you cant get off the bike!!! not good when all you want to do is sit down and take a breath.

Best thing ever for a track bike for sure 8)
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Glad I'm not the only one that is shattered after each session :D

When I got moved up groups I had to do 2 sessions back to back. Afterwards I couldn't stand up.

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