Ah right, tbh I had a quick look last week and saw the Renthals and thought they didn't do them in black for what I wanted, might be a bit of retail therapy happening tonight to cheer meself up

Cheers guys, its just one of them really, nice grips mate, fancy a set of them but dont think they do them in black, going for a kinda Eddie Lawson theme for Z650 including black superbike bars, the tank and panels are away for respray at the min and realising that although the frame is in great con...

Got the bike recovered today and taken back to the dealers I bought it from, the dealer was horrified it had given up the ghost after only 70miles so is going to sort it out for me, Scottish trip now cancelled so if anyone fancies some ferry tickets let me know, Ardrossan to Brodick, Lochranza to Cl...

Well as planned took the bike out this morning, I was planning a route from Skemersdale over to Southport then south along the coast to the outskirts of Liverpool then find some back rds home, it was all going so well until 200 yds. out when the electrics died on me and that was that, had to push th...

Mac wrote:

Stew wrote:What part of the U.S. are you in Mac ?

Western North Carolina, in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains so there are loads of good roads to ride

Is that 'Dragons tail' country ? sounds good

I also took the bike out, to work in my case, but I will be finished at 05:30 and not back in til thursday night so off for a bimble before bed, well depends how tired I am really but going for a good hour anyway, good way to get a bit of confidence back whilst its nice and quiet anyway, then bed......

What part of the U.S. are you in Mac ?

Sounds like its been a crappy weekend for you both, hope youre both feeling better quickly

Congratulations, hope it went well

Yeah one of the upgrades a lot of the GPZ lads use is an upgraded thermostat from 0.9 bar to 1.1 bar, trouble is I'm off to Scotland in 4 weeks and I don't want to start messing about with too much before I go, however I need to know its going to run right while I'm up the road, I'd never heard of w...

One of the issues with the GPZ 9 is the fact they tend to run hot and after having a bimble out on her the other day I started to feel myself cook a little from the heat off the engine, anyway I was telling one of the lads at work about it and he mentioned 'Water wetter' he runs his ZZR 1400 on it a...

getting married Nice one mate, good luck, I didn't know the meaning of true happiness until I met the wife, but by then it was too late, ba dum tish..........I'll get me coat I'm about to embark upon my 13th working weekend out of 14, yay me, still there's nowt happening at work so Im basically bei...

Sorry mate only just spotted this, how shit is that ? you need to get a side car fitted to your bike and have someone thrash you around in it , seriously though good luck with it all

I had another bike hit me on a bend 2004 .... he couldnt hold the bend and dropped it, all I saw was a bike spinning in my direction which sent me flying down the road with a combined impact speed around 90mph I know we all (should) take easy on blind bends but I've just got an unnerving niggle, ex...

Mine only turned up today, 9 days to come from Rochdale not even 20 miles away, anyway put it on the bike up and it fired up fine, looking forward to seeing how it performs now, may well get one for the Z650 eventually once I can boost the electrics a bit.

Thanks guys, much appreciated

Godzilla wrote:Stew, you are not too far from me, if ever you want to go out for a bimble and chat about IAM and stuff let me know.

Yeah might well take you up on that mate, thanks

Binno wrote:I've totally lost it since having my daughter. Right now I'm not sure I'll ever get back on.

I'm sure you will

Think youre right guys, just need to get on it , cheers

I think with me its just a case of getting on and doin it basically, Ive got a trip up to Bonny Scotland next month so better get meself sorted thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated