All good ideas but i decided it wasn't worth the hassle in the end.

I would only end up marking or a damaging a rim which would cost a lot more than paying someone to change the tyres. I just wanted to see if i was able to do it. At most i would be changing one set of tyres per year.

... (if it arrives) I know there are issues with some people working shifts and weekends. It also looks like we're not doing the Isle of Man this year (sad face). Weekends can also be too busy on some of the better roads. So I was wondering if it was worth organising a rideout in Wales for a weekday ...

... always make jobs so much easier. Abba do a nice kit for much of the work and its not silly expensive if you are changing tyres a couple of times a year but it still doesn't solve the problem of getting the bead over the rim.

i wouldnt mind doing one, my mate did this one earlier in the year, near silverstone and £200.
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Itchy wrote:Me too. Wheelie school one year I think.

Never have wheeled. But the 675 lot did this and they came back saying it was great can't remember where it was though. I missed out on that day for some reason kicked myself when I saw the pics and vid haha!!

Itchy wrote:Me too. Wheelie school one year I think.

Definatley, been wanting to do it for ages bit got no1 to go with so sounds like a plan!

I think he might do with a new bike and team this year. I think he may be a dark horse for the title, if they can get the bike sorted soon enough, and he can learn how to get it off the line. LOL

There was a Donington trackday I was at last year, where there was a guy with one arm on a 675.
He was in the fast group, and certainly deserved to be.

Itchy wrote:Me too. Wheelie school one year I think.

Sounds fun, Tankslap day out.

I can power wheelie very easily, but not clutch. Although I believe power wheelies are mechanically easier on the bike, I still dont like doing them, as my bike goes through fork seals to quickly as it is

Me too. Wheelie school one year I think.

Your photos have come on another level this year, Jack.

These are looking the real professional deal, mate.

know that feeling, from many years of riding in all weathers (couldn't afford a car) I am now a fair weathered rider. I usually park up in October and depend on the weather sometime in March she comes out again. I accept my limitations ...

... models mine's the B3 variant, but there were cruiser styles as well, the model ran from77' through to 83' but my other Z650 which I sold last year was an F4, built in 83' but registered in 84, as far as plans go Ive got the tank, side panels and duck tail off for re-spraying at the minute, ...

How many track days do you do in a year tricky I suspect I can safely answer that for him.: " not nearly enough ", how ever many he manages. ;) Fwiw I don't stop riding in the winter, so do not have this same seasonal re-adjustment. ...

Blade wrote:How many track days do you do in a year tricky

track days and racing in a year i try to get into double figures, but there is always a break between Nov - Feb ish.

How many track days do you do in a year tricky

The biggest thing I noticed going from riding all year to fair weather riding is the speed my brain can take in information. Or rather can't.

I've gone from commuting in London almost every day to the odd day in summer and the brain definitely isn't as sharp.

... the bike is sublime to ride. Here is the detail:- • KTM RC8 1190 2008 model on a 58 plate • 3 owners including me - was with the same owner of 4 years, 1 year of which it was SORN • Two keys and the orange factory reset key, the standard bike manual plus a full workshop manual, original tool ...

Sounds like it, so much for my "couple of years" - checking on it it was 2009, I remember the track covered in broken bikes on their side and an unrepentant Brookes afterwards. [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2eKIDqAbw[/video] ...

... classic. The Z650 plans sound very interesting. you got any photos ? I may well give em a ring and see if I can change the dates for later in the year, if not it was £59 down the tubes, seem to haemorrhaging money right now, ah well, I have some photo's of the Kwak but I need to get them in to ...