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Cheers Duke will look out for that. I take it you have used it ?

Yes mate. Best one I have found so far and it seems a fairly mild mix so doesn't remove any wax.

Cheers Duke I'm going to order some, thanks for the recommendation.

Just bought some. EBay is great. £5.95 delivered which is cheaper than the shops and avoids the hassle of making a trip.

Bit of an update
Went for a nice ride this morning on fast A and B roads ,then ended up at Stratford airfield cafe .I enjoyed it
so much I went the long way home down the country lanes

The bike is just mega and I am getting used to the power 2nd and 3rd gear power wheelies out of roundabouts are great fun.You can ham fist the throttle open and lean on the TC while the front goes nice and light,It's the easiest bike I've ever ridden to get your knee down on any island even at low speeds is game on for a bit of slider melting,I love it.Tyre wear on the Oem bridgestones seems good and the standard shock which people slate is fine for the road,the tyres also have plenty of grip for road riding

I haven't yet felt the need for a quick shifter even though it would be a nice toy to have.Where my boot has rubbed off the paint on the swingarm I put on vinyl wrap but it's gone through that as well,maybe I need Carbon swingarm protectors but I want to see a pair fitted before I buy

Boring stuff,I can get 35 mpg avg fuel and about 80 miles from a tank of fuel,the seat really hurts my arse after a few hours riding
All in I'm loving this bike every time I ride it I grin from ear to ear ,it's got oudles of useable power ,good brakes and fantastic handling

I've not long fitted a pair of carbon swingarm protectors to the zx6r

Sounds like your getting more and more confident with the bike Perkles, great stuff. The weather is heating up now too so more opportunities to get out on her and find out where her sweet spots are!!

And I thought I enjoyed the bike Perkles but your having an eben bigger ball. Glad your enjoying it mate and need to get a ride out sorted with you soon

Rossgo wrote:Sounds like your getting more and more confident with the bike Perkles, great stuff. The weather is heating up now too so more opportunities to get out on her and find out where her sweet spots are!!

Around 10,000 revs is pretty sweet

Nah I would say 12000 let her scream

Haha and at million mile an hour!!

not updated this for a while ,I gave her a good clean and lube at the weekend then put her away on the optimiser
Ive been thinking about buying the new model next year but decided to keep mine for at least another summer ,its more bike than I can ever handle anyhow.
Tonight I bagged a bargain with the help of kwacky in the shape of a Ohlins TTX36 MKII Mechatronics Rear Shock ,£600 posted which I think is a great price.Next year im getting back on track and will fit some sticky tyres and go out and have some fun,roll on spring

That is an amazing deal nice one Perks.

Great shock which I'm sure you will absolutely love.

Chuff me, another bling boy......

Bling is king you know that

Kwacky wrote:Chuff me, another bling boy......

Your fault you showed me the link and knew I wouldn't be able to resist

Mega deal Perks that's cheaper than I have seen s/h manual TTX36 shocks.

Yeah I know, I'm a pusher

Perkles wrote:not updated this for a while ,I gave her a good clean and lube at the weekend then put her away on the optimiser
Ive been thinking about buying the new model next year but decided to keep mine for at least another summer ,its more bike than I can ever handle anyhow.
Tonight I bagged a bargain with the help of kwacky in the shape of a Ohlins TTX36 MKII Mechatronics Rear Shock ,£600 posted which I think is a great price.Next year im getting back on track and will fit some sticky tyres and go out and have some fun,roll on spring

Ooooh - bargain!

Lets all post when we're going on track next year and try to meet up on the track at least once.. that ZX10R is going to be a mighty weapon!!

As for the Bridgestone tyres (are they the BT016s?) If so I would chuck those as soon as possible. Literally the worst tyres I've ever used. No feedback through them but they seem to grip fine then all of a sudden they let go and you nearly highside. Yucky tyres!!

Get some Metzeler Racetec RRs or Supercorsa SPs. They (road compounds) were good enough to get me into fast group

Cav wrote:

Perkles wrote:not updated this for a while ,I gave her a good clean and lube at the weekend then put her away on the optimiser
Ive been thinking about buying the new model next year but decided to keep mine for at least another summer ,its more bike than I can ever handle anyhow.
Tonight I bagged a bargain with the help of kwacky in the shape of a Ohlins TTX36 MKII Mechatronics Rear Shock ,£600 posted which I think is a great price.Next year im getting back on track and will fit some sticky tyres and go out and have some fun,roll on spring

Ooooh - bargain!

Lets all post when we're going on track next year and try to meet up on the track at least once.. that ZX10R is going to be a mighty weapon!!

As for the Bridgestone tyres (are they the BT016s?) If so I would chuck those as soon as possible. Literally the worst tyres I've ever used. No feedback through them but they seem to grip fine then all of a sudden they let go and you nearly highside. Yucky tyres!!

Get some Metzeler Racetec RRs or Supercorsa SPs. They (road compounds) were good enough to get me into fast group

They seem fine on the road but I will swap for a pair of supercorsas soft front medium rear in the summer next year