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Philly46
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Posted: 25 Aug 2014 at 13:13 |
So this is where I started.
Excellent amounts of power but wow, terrible brakes. Especially after being used to Brembo OEM from my RSV. First thing to sort, full brake conversion. Pictures aren't the finished article as I moved to 310mm rotors but you get the idea. I decree this to be the worst tail tidy known to man. One £5 eBay jobby later and... This area seems to be cluttered. Let's fix that. Some simple jiggery pokery and an excellent result. Yes, there's a Translogic QS4 in there but I'd gather by now we all know what they look like. Random backfires off the throttle and no real use, so you're coming out. Much better. Just to add, Pipercross air filter has been thrown in, R1 throttle tube, dual compound pro grips and a fine F.Fabri DB screen which was won for a bargain £20. PC3 going in shortly and it's well on its way to being the bike I want it to be.
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NickyBoy1984
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Looking sweeeet Matey, keep at it
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426hemi
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I have gotta get me one of those one day, best looking bike kawasaki have ever made. I have been drooling over them since they were launched.
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Philly46
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More than welcome if you're out and about to give it a go one time chief.
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426hemi
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Thanks for the offer but I don't like to ride other peoples bikes, if I dropped it I wouldn't forgive myself and I know what it feels like to have someone drop your pride and joy > ,I will just have to save and buy one.
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Granty
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I know that feeling. My mate owns a rider training school in Brackley and as a giggle with my son being off school on summer hols we put him through a CBT on Friday. (he is 11). Absolutely pissed the CBT so let him have a play while we picked the cones up and began to write out a fake certificate. Not a nice feeling when you hear a loud scraping noise and then a thud as the scooter hits the curb My boys fine (pride took a bit of a hit) but the scooter has a bent steering stem
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MAY THE FORCE NOT SEE YOU
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Philly46
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It's been a long time coming because of moving 160 miles down the road for Uni but some progress is being made.
So far. Nissin Monoblock Calipers Nissin Radial M/C 310mm Discs R+G Tail Tidy Exhaust Valve Servo Removed Air Re-circulation Blocked Off Pipercross Air Filter Mivv Carbon GP OEM Seat Cowl F.Fabbri DB Screen Translogic QS4 Rearsets, clip ons, QR fuel cap all on order. Got a Domino XM2 QAT sitting here that I need to make up some throttle cables for and hopefully find a PC3 sooner rather than later to tie some of this together.
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426hemi
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Very nice, how do you find the nissin brakes.
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Philly46
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Apart from the Translogic QS4, they're the best thing I've done. The stock brakes had me sh*tting bricks while these have lots of power and feel.
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426hemi
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Yep it's a nice feeling when you grab that lever and your retinas want to detach, the qs is a great mod and one of my favourites.
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Philly46
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Looking forward to getting the rest sorted. This thing is nuts and I love it.
Something in the rear should be changing by the end of the month.
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426hemi
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I have always liked the look of the Penske shocks might try one on my old rx.
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Philly46
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Mine's following the Italian aftermarket theme I've got going on which wasn't even planned.
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426hemi
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Bitubo?
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Philly46
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Hopefully. To think I'm a student too...
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BIG UN
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Luvly bikes.
a mate recently test rode the new zx10,new bmw1000 and the new 2015 r1 as hes after a new bike. He raved about the zx10 and r1.liked the bmw engine but it was the zx10 that blew him away. Said it was a proper animal. |
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Philly46
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Only ridden the Gen 1 and 2 10R's, would love a crack on the Gen 4 so I might have to see if M&P have one I can borrow for an afternoon.
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Philly46
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So I decided I wanted to go to the moon.
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BB1000
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htc one phone camera by any chance
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Philly46
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I guess you also know the pain...
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BB1000
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yep .... only started after some updates apparently lol something to do with the camera hardware over heating blah blah ... apart from that its a good phone lol
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NickyBoy1984
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Your Kwak is looking proper sweet Matey, glad to hear it's coming along nicely, I like pops and bangs on the over run, that however is a subject for another time lol
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Crownan
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Possibly my fave bike to date. I did a full ZX6R (09) front brake swap, was lush. Unfortunately some knobber drove across 2 lanes of opposite traffic without looking and I hit is rear quarter which wrote it off |
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2007 RSV1000R
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Philly46
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The postman came today and gave me something to do this afternoon.
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badapple
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What make are they? Look quality
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I started out with nothing and I've still got most of it left
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NickyBoy1984
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Mmmm they look good
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Philly46
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Valter Moto fixed rearsets. I've had a good look over them and there are little details here and there which I've not noticed on sets I've had before.
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leighz
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love these - could be the machine to tempt me away from the mille. But not just yet.
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Philly46
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Time to sort out part of the suspension. |
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426hemi
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Nice, bitubo are getting some good reports and paul curran that does the dyno work for griff was running it on his gsxr race bike and really rated it.
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